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Race/Ethnicity, Parental Support, and Youth Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Longitudinal Mediation Analysis

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JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
Volume 50, Issue 7, Pages 1319-1332

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SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-021-01447-7

Keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Health Status Disparities; Parent– Child Relations; Immigrants

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Parental support trajectories impact depressive symptoms in adulthood, but do not explain the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms in adolescence. Immigrant generation status moderates the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptom trajectories.
Racial/ethnic disparities in depression exist among youth in the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine if parental support trajectories in adolescence explain the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptom trajectories in adulthood. A two-step longitudinal parallel process analysis with multigroup structural equation modeling was conducted with a nationally representative sample of youth (N = 5300; 48.5% female; M = 13.33 (Range:12-15) years at baseline). While parental support trajectories did not mediate the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms, parental support trajectories were related to depressive symptom trajectories in adulthood. Immigrant generation status also moderated the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptom trajectories. The results demonstrate the impact of parental support on later mental health outcomes regardless of race/ethnicity.

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