The Role of Stress Exposure and Family Functioning in Internalizing Outcomes of Urban Families.

Although research suggests that stress exposure and family functioning are associated with internalizing problems in adolescents and caregivers, surprisingly few studies have investigated the mechanisms that underlie this association. To determine whether family functioning buffers the development o...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 1351 - 1366
Autores principales: Sheidow, Ashli, Henry, David, Tolan, Patrick, Strachan, Martha
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Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2014
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          Sheidow, Ashli
          Henry, David
          Tolan, Patrick
          Strachan, Martha
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          Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29401 USA
          Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago USA
          Youth-Nex Research Center, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville USA
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        Illinois
        Mental depression risk factors
        Adolescence
        Caregivers
        Family health
        Interviewing
        Metropolitan areas
        Parent-child relationships
        Psychological tests
        Psychological stress
        Family relations
        Retrospective studies
        Chi-squared test
        Child Behavior Checklist
        Cluster analysis (Statistics)
        Factor analysis
        Longitudinal method
        Research funding
        Logistic regression analysis
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          Mental depression risk factors
          Adolescence
          Caregivers
          Family health
          Interviewing
          Metropolitan areas
          Parent-child relationships
          Psychological tests
          Psychological stress
          Family relations
          Retrospective studies
          Illinois
          Chi-squared test
          Child Behavior Checklist
          Cluster analysis (Statistics)
          Factor analysis
          Longitudinal method
          Research funding
          Logistic regression analysis
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        Family functioning
        Internalizing
        Mediator/moderator
        Stress exposure
        Urban families
        Family functioning
        Internalizing
        Mediator/moderator
        Stress exposure
        Urban families
      ab: Although research suggests that stress exposure and family functioning are associated with internalizing problems in adolescents and caregivers, surprisingly few studies have investigated the mechanisms that underlie this association. To determine whether family functioning buffers the development of internalizing problems in stress-exposed families, we assessed the relation between stress exposure, family functioning, and internalizing symptoms among a large sample of inner-city male youth and their caregivers living in poverty across five waves of data collection. We hypothesized that stress exposure and family functioning would predict development of subsequent youth and caregiver internalizing problems and that family functioning would moderate this relation, with higher functioning families demonstrating greater resiliency to stress exposure. We used a longitudinal, prospective design to evaluate whether family functioning (assessed at waves one through four) activated or buffered the effects of stress exposure (assessed at wave one) on subsequent internalizing symptoms (assessed at waves four and five). Stress from Developmental Transitions and family functioning were significant predictors of depressive symptoms and anxiety in youth; however, family functioning did not moderate the relation. Family functioning mediated the relation between stress from Daily Hassles and internalizing outcomes suggesting that poor parenting practices, low structure, and low emotional cohesion activate depression and anxiety in youth exposed to chronic and frequent everyday stressors. Surprisingly, only family functioning predicted depressive symptoms in caregivers. Results validate the use of a comprehensive, multi-informant assessment of stress when investigating internalizing outcomes in youth and support using family-based interventions in the treatment and prevention of internalizing.
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