scholarly journals Perceived neighborhood social cohesion moderates the relationship between neighborhood structural disadvantage and adolescent depressive symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 88-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christyl T. Dawson ◽  
Wensong Wu ◽  
Kristopher P. Fennie ◽  
Gladys Ibañez ◽  
Miguel Á. Cano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Structural Disadvantage ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Neighborhood Social Cohesion ◽  
The Relationship

Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Mobility Limitations Among Community-dwelling Older Americans: The Mediating Roles of Depressive Symptoms and Mastery

2021 ◽  
pp. 009141502110376
Author(s):  
Fei Wang ◽  
Weidi Qin ◽  
Jiao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Mobility Limitations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Neighborhood Social Cohesion

Neighborhood environment plays an important role in late-life health; yet, the social aspect of neighborhood environment and its impact on mobility limitations have rarely been examined. This nonexperimental, cross-sectional study examines the relationship between neighborhood social cohesion and mobility limitations and the potential mediators (i.e., depressive symptoms, mastery) of this relationship. A total of 8,317 Americans aged 65 years and older were selected from the Health and Retirement Study. Using ordinary least squares regressions, this study shows that neighborhood social cohesion was negatively associated with mobility limitations ( B  =  −0.04, p < .01). A Sobel test of mediation indicated that this relationship was significantly mediated by depressive symptoms ( z  =  −9.10, p < .001) and mastery ( z  =  −8.86, p < .001). Findings suggest that neighborhood cohesion can reduce mobility limitations through mitigating depressive symptoms and increasing mastery. Future research should disentangle the temporal ordering of the mediators.

scholarly journals The Transactional Relationship between Parental and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Nurturant–Involved Parenting

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8240
Author(s):  
Jinqin Hou ◽  
Zhiyan Chen ◽  
Fei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Transactional Theory ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Paternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Sameroff’s transactional theory emphasizes a bidirectional process between parents and offspring. The present study explored the reciprocal relationships between parental and adolescent depressive symptoms using a cross-lagged model and examined the mediating effect of nurturant–involved parenting on the relationship between them. Data for the present study were collected from a longitudinal study, and a total of 1644 adolescents and their mothers and fathers participated in the present study. The results revealed a reciprocal relationship between maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms, and the child-driven effect was more robust than the mother-driven effect. Adolescent depressive symptoms significantly predicted paternal depressive symptoms, but not vice versa. In addition, adolescent depressive symptoms indirectly predicted maternal and paternal depressive symptoms by deteriorating nurturant-involved parenting. These findings highlight a child-driven effect on parents’ psychopathology, which may shed light on the mechanism underlying depression transmission between parents and adolescents.

Parental Criticism and Adolescent Depression: Does Adolescent Self-Evaluation Act as a Mediator?

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Bolton ◽  
Christine Barrowclough ◽  
Rachel Calam
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Parental Criticism ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Relationship

Background: A better understanding of relationships between adolescent depression and family functioning may help in devising ways to prevent development of depression and design effective therapeutic interventions. Aims: This study explored the relationship of parental emotional attitudes, (perceived criticism and expressed emotion) to adolescent self-evaluation and depression. Methods: A sample of 28 clinic-referred adolescents and their mothers participated. The Five Minute Speech Sample was used to measure parental expressed emotion, and the adolescents completed the Children's Depression Inventory, Self-Perception Profile for Children global self-worth scale, a self-criticism scale and a perceived parental criticism scale. Results: There was partial support for a model of adolescent negative self-evaluation as a mediator in the relationship between parental emotional attitudes and adolescent depressive symptoms. The data also supported an alternative hypothesis whereby adolescent depressive symptoms are related to negative self-evaluation. Conclusions: The overall pattern of results emphasizes the significance of adolescents' perceptions of parental criticism, rather than actual levels, in understanding the relationship between parental emotional attitudes and adolescent depressive symptoms.

Brooding Concurrently and Prospectively Links Trait Positive and Negative Affect to Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121-1141
Author(s):  
Tara M. Rutter ◽  
Jordan Skalisky ◽  
Hailey Caudle ◽  
Jaclyn T. Aldrich ◽  
Amy H. Mezulis
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

Recent theory and evidence support an integrated affective-cognitive model of adolescent depressive symptoms in which temperament predicts the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation (ER) strategies which, in turn, predict depressive symptoms. We concurrently and prospectively investigated whether two cognitive ER strategies (dampening and brooding) mediated the effect of trait positive and negative affect on adolescent depressive symptoms. Young adolescents (11-14 years old) completed questionnaires at baseline ( N = 150) and at a 4-month follow-up ( N = 126). Findings indicate brooding mediated the relationship between both positive and negative affect and depressive symptoms, both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Dampening yielded inconsistent results. This suggests brooding may be a unique mechanism from trait affect to depressive symptoms in late childhood to early adolescence.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Family Functioning and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Emotional Clarity

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel D. Freed ◽  
Liza M. Rubenstein ◽  
Issar Daryanani ◽  
Thomas M. Olino ◽  
Lauren B. Alloy
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Clarity ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Social Cohesion, and Depressive Symptoms among Spousal Caregivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1049-1049
Author(s):  
Yeon Jin Choi ◽  
Jennifer Ailshire
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Negative Binomial Regression ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spousal Caregivers ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Neighborhood Social Cohesion

Abstract Most prior research on caregivers’ mental health focused on individual or household factors, we know much less about the influence of neighborhood factors on mental health of spousal caregivers. The current study fills the gap in our knowledge by examining the association of neighborhood characteristics (i.e., perceived neighborhood disorder and neighborhood social cohesion) and depressive symptoms among spousal caregivers. We used data from 2006 to 2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, which includes 2,362 spousal caregivers. Negative binomial regression models were estimated to examine the association of perceived neighborhood disorder and neighborhood social cohesion with depressive symptoms. A greater perceived neighborhood disorder was associated with higher CES-D scores, which indicates more depressive symptoms. On the other hand, a higher level of neighborhood social cohesion was associated with lower CES-D scores. When they were included in the same model, the association between neighborhood disorder and depression disappeared, while respondents who reported higher levels of neighborhood social cohesion continue to exhibit lower CES-D scores than those lived in less cohesive neighborhoods. This study highlights the importance of neighborhood contexts in understanding caregivers’ well-being. Findings of this study suggest that neighborhood social cohesion may attenuate the negative effects of neighborhood disorder. Therefore, enhancing positive characteristics of the neighborhood may promote well-being of spousal caregivers.

scholarly journals Unique Effects of Perceived Neighborhood Physical Disorder and Social Cohesion on Episodic Memory and Semantic Fluency

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1346-1355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afsara B Zaheed ◽  
Neika Sharifian ◽  
A Zarina Kraal ◽  
Ketlyne Sol ◽  
Alyssia Hence ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Cognitive Outcome ◽  
Physical Disorder ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Neighborhood Quality ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Neighborhood Social Cohesion ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective Objective measures of neighborhood quality are associated with physical and mental health outcomes for older adults, but the relationship between perceived neighborhood quality and cognitive health has not been fully explored. Furthermore, positive and negative neighborhood characteristics may influence cognition through different mechanisms. The present study aimed to determine whether perceptions of neighborhood quality predict cognitive functioning in two domains, above and beyond individual-level risk factors, in a nationally representative sample of older adults. Method Using cross-sectional weighted data from 13,919 participants aged 51 and older from the Health and Retirement Study, linear regression models tested independent associations between perceived neighborhood quality (physical disorder and social cohesion) and cognition (episodic memory and semantic verbal fluency), controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, chronic disease burden, and depressive symptoms. Interaction terms tested whether neighborhood social cohesion moderated the relationship between neighborhood physical disorder and each cognitive outcome. Results Perception of greater neighborhood physical disorder was significantly associated with worse episodic memory, while perception of lower neighborhood social cohesion was significantly associated with worse semantic fluency. There were no significant interactions between physical disorder and social cohesion. Conclusions Results provide preliminary evidence for different mechanisms underlying associations between aspects of neighborhood quality and cognition (e.g., stress vs. social interaction). Additional intervention work is needed to determine whether improving neighborhood physical conditions and promoting social cohesion at the neighborhood level could reduce cognitive morbidity among older adults.

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