The Longitudinal Impact of Maternal Depression and Neighborhood Social Context on Adolescent Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Maternal depression and neighborhood characteristics are known to be associated both with each other and with adolescent mental health outcomes. These exposures are also subject to change throughout the life of a child. This study sought to identify multi-trajectories of maternal depression (MD) and self-reported neighborhood collective efficacy (NCE) over a 12-year period and determine whether these trajectories are differentially associated with adolescent mental health.

Methods

Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, a longitudinal cohort study of new parents and their children, were used. Maternal depression (MD) and self-reported NCE when the child was 3, 5, 9, and 15 years of age were the primary exposures of interest. Adolescent depression an

SUBMITTER: Lew D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261195 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature