Constellations of Family Qualities and Links with Psychological and Behavioral Health in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Positive family qualities, including low parent pressure to control weight, high physical activity support, frequent family meals, family connectedness, healthy family functioning, and parental monitoring, may promote youth psychological and behavioral health. We aimed to identify naturally occurring patterns of family qualities during adolescence and examine links with body satisfaction, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, disordered eating, and substance use during adolescence and young adulthood. Our goal was to inform family-centered interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes impacting youth. Data were from a longitudinal study of 1,568 youth (53% female; 20% Asian, 29% Black, 17% Latinx, 19% White), that spanned adolescence (M age = 14.4 years) to young adulthood (M

SUBMITTER: Hochgraf AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470379 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature