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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 9/2022

20-05-2022 | Empirical Research

Who Does Cohesion Benefit? Race, Gender, and Peer Networks Associated with Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

Auteurs: Molly Copeland, Christina Kamis

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2022

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Abstract

Adolescence is a developmental period when peer network structure is associated with mental health. However, how networks relate to distress for youth at different intersecting racial/ethnic and gender identities is unclear. Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health survey data, cross-sectional models examine peer network cohesion predicting adolescent depressive levels for racial/ethnic and gender groups. The analytic sample is N = 13,055, average age 15.3 years, 50.2% female, 68.8 % White, 17.2% Black, 9.7% Hispanic, and 4.2% Asian. The results indicate that average cohesion, depressive levels, and cohesion associated with depressive levels differ by race/ethnicity and gender, with the greatest benefits for White and Black girls. This work clarifies patterns of adolescent networks and mental health by race/ethnicity and gender.
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Longitudinal social network data in Add Health are only collected in a subset of 16 schools, meaning longitudinal analyses do not have a sufficient sample size to examine distinct racial/ethnic and gender groups.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Who Does Cohesion Benefit? Race, Gender, and Peer Networks Associated with Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
Auteurs
Molly Copeland
Christina Kamis
Publicatiedatum
20-05-2022
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2022
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01631-3

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