Beyond not bad or just okay: social predictors of young adults' wellbeing and functioning (a TRAILS study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various childhood social experiences have been reported to predict adult outcomes. However, it is unclear how different social contexts may influence each other's effects in the long run. This study examined the joint contribution of adolescent family and peer experiences to young adult wellbeing and functioning.

Methods

Participants came from the TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) study (n = 2230). We measured family and peer relations at ages 11 and 16 (i.e. family functioning, perceived parenting, peer status, peer relationship quality), and functioning as the combination of subjective wellbeing, physical and mental health, and socio-academic functioning at age 22. Using structural equation modelling, overall functioning was indicated by two

SUBMITTER: Richards JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541871 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature