Relationship between poverty and symptoms of depression and anxiety among adolescents in Nepal: Examining the mediating effect of external and internal resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of two types of resilience (internal, with factors such as problem solving and perseverance, and external resilience, with factors such as social support and sense of belonging) among adolescents affected by family poverty in Nepal in relation to symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Methods

Participants identified as living in deprived conditions (n = 491) in a cross-sectional survey completed measures about poverty, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and external and internal resilience. Mediation analyses were performed using poverty scores as the predictor, internal and external resilience as mediators, and depression and anxiety scores as outcomes, tested through parallel and serial mediation models.

Results

SUBMITTER: Singh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7618394 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature