scholarly journals Parenting, Pesticides and Adolescent Psychological Adjustment: A Brief Report

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 540
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Grzywacz ◽  
Jason B. Belden ◽  
Amy M. Robertson ◽  
Daphne C. Hernandez ◽  
Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Pesticide Exposure ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Bioecological Theory

Pesticides used to control insects, such as pyrethroids, are neurotoxicants, yet adolescent researchers often overlook their potential role in adolescent psychological adjustment. This brief report is guided by bioecological theory and considers the possible independent and interactive effects of environmental pyrethroid pesticide exposure for adolescent depressive symptoms. Self-reported adolescent appraisals of the parent–child relationship and depressive symptoms were obtained from a convenience sample of impoverished, predominantly Latino urban youth (n = 44). Exposure to environmental pyrethroids was obtained from wipe samples using a standardized protocol. Parent–adolescent conflict was higher in households with bifenthrin than those without, and adolescent depressive symptoms were elevated in homes where cypermethrin was detected. In addition, the presence of bifenthrin in the home attenuated the protective effects of parental involvement on adolescent depressive symptoms. The current results suggest that adolescent mental health researchers must consider the synergistic combinations of adolescents’ environments’ physical and social features. Given the endemic presence of pesticides and their neurotoxic function, pesticide exposure may demand specific attention.

scholarly journals The Interactive Effects of Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy on Late-Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1223-1237
Author(s):  
Justin Russotti ◽  
Elizabeth D. Handley ◽  
Fred A. Rogosch ◽  
Sheree L. Toth ◽  
Dante Cicchetti
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Adolescent Pregnancy ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

Developmental trajectories of adolescent depressive symptoms

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Costello ◽  
J. Swendsen ◽  
J. S. Rose ◽  
L. C. Dierker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

scholarly journals Intersections Of Neighborhood Co-Ethnic Density and Nativity Status On Heavy Drinking In a General Population Sample Of US Latinos and Asians

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Christina C Tam ◽  
Camillia K Lui ◽  
Katherine J Karriker-Jaffe
Keyword(s):  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
California Health Interview Survey ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Ethnic Density ◽  
Nativity Status

Abstract Aims Greater neighborhood co-ethnic density (living in proximity with people sharing an ethnicity) and being foreign-born each can protect against risky drinking, but little is known about whether these two factors interact. Using a representative sample of Latinos and Asians from California, USA, we investigate main and interactive effects of neighborhood co-ethnic density and nativity status in relation to heavy episodic drinking (HED). Methods This study uses the California Health Interview Survey (N = 30,203) linked with neighborhood data to investigate associations of co-ethnic density and nativity status with HED. Co-ethnic density was based on matching each respondent’s ethnicity to the proportion of residents of the corresponding group in their Census tract. Using weighted logistic regression, we first examined main effects of neighborhood co-ethnic density and respondent nativity status on HED. Next, we assessed the interaction of co-ethnic density and nativity status. Finally, we estimated nativity-stratified models to investigate variation in effects of co-ethnic density. Results Co-ethnic density was not associated with HED for the full sample, but US-born nativity status was associated with increased odds of past-year HED. The interaction model showed co-ethnic density and nativity had synergistic effects, whereby greater levels of neighborhood co-ethnic density buffered risk associated with being US-born. Further, greater neighborhood co-ethnic density was associated with reduced odds of HED for US-born respondents, but it was not associated with HED for foreign-born respondents. Conclusions Protective effects of high neighborhood co-ethnic density on HED are stronger for US-born than for foreign-born Latinos and Asians in California.

scholarly journals Inhibitory control mediates the interaction between serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and peer victimization on adolescent depressive symptoms

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaonan Lin ◽  
Yanmiao Cao ◽  
Linqin Ji ◽  
Wenxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Serotonin Transporter ◽  
Serotonin Transporter Gene ◽  
Transporter Gene ◽  
Chinese Han ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

AbstractMany efforts have been devoted to investigating the effect of the interaction between the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and environment (G × E) on depression, but they yield mixed results. The inconsistency has suggested that G × E effects may be more complex than originally conceptualized, and further study is warranted. This study explored the association among 5-HTTLPR, peer victimization and depressive symptoms and the underlying mediating role of inhibitory control in this association. A total of 871 Chinese Han adolescents (Mage = 15.32 years, 50.3% girls) participated and provided saliva samples from which the 5-HTTLPR was genotyped. This study found that 5-HTTLPR interacted with peer victimization in predicting depressive symptoms. Adolescents carrying L allele reported more depressive symptoms than SS carriers when exposed to higher level of peer victimization. Furthermore, adolescents’ inhibitory control deficits mediated the association between 5-HTTLPR × peer victimization and depressive symptoms. These findings suggested that one pathway in which G × E may confer vulnerability to depressive symptoms is through disruptions to adolescents’ inhibitory control system.

The Protective Effects of Father Involvement for Infants of Teen Mothers with Depressive Symptoms

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1016-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Lewin ◽  
Stephanie J. Mitchell ◽  
Damian Waters ◽  
Stacy Hodgkinson ◽  
Cathy Southammakosane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Protective Effects

Burnout, depressive symptoms, job demands and satisfaction with life: discriminant validity and explained variance

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Thuynsma ◽  
Leon T de Beer
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Weight Analysis ◽  
Relative Weight Analysis

Burnout is considered an occupational health concern. The burnout–depression overlap is an important area of research as the foundations of burnout and its diagnostic value have come under increasing scrutiny, calling for burnout to not be classified as an independent disorder but rather as a subtype of depression. Furthermore, as burnout is defined as a work-specific syndrome, workplace factors have been argued to be the major indicators of burnout. Recent research however, calls this into question. This study seeks to establish the overlap between burnout and depressive symptoms and to determine if burnout is in fact a multi-domain phenomenon. A cross-sectional research design was used, a convenience sample of educators from the Gauteng province of South Africa was collected ( N = 399). Confirmatory factor analysis was applied in a structural equation modelling framework. Discriminant validity analysis was conducted by investigating the average variance extracted and the shared variance between constructs. Finally, relative weight analysis was conducted to ascertain the unique contribution explained by the work-specific and general life domain factors. Results showed that burnout could be distinguished from depressive symptoms. Job demands, depressive symptoms, and satisfaction with life all explained significant amounts of variance in the burnout construct. Relative weight analysis revealed that emotional load and depressive symptoms explained equal amounts of variance in burnout, but that the aggregated work-specific factors explained the most variance in burnout. This study indicates that burnout is a multi-domain phenomenon and not isolated to the domain of work. Further research is needed in this regard.

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