Risk and Protective Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Urban African American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Tandon, Darius S.; Solomon, Barry S.
Titel	Risk and Protective Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Urban African American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 41 (2009) 1, S.80-99 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X08327520
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Substance Abuse; Violence; At Risk Persons; Depression (Psychology); African Americans; Adolescents; Urban Areas; Personality Traits; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Poverty; Surveys; Environmental Influences; Gender Differences; Family Environment; Peer Influence; Delinquency; Self Esteem; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Gewalt; Risikogruppe; Afroamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Urban area; Stadtregion; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Armut; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienmilieu; Kriminalität; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	There is limited understanding of risk and protective factors associated with depression among African American adolescents living in impoverished, urban settings. A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify a range of risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptoms among low-income urban African American adolescents. The sample (n = 467) comprised African American adolescents from three high-poverty urban neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. A self-administered read aloud survey completed by adolescents assessed depressive symptoms as well as various individual- and environmental-level risk and protective factors. Multivariate analyses indicated that female gender, living with an adult with a substance abuse problem, greater exposure to physical violence, and greater peer delinquency were associated with higher depressive symptoms. Greater home assets and self-awareness were associated with lower depressive symptoms. Future interventions to prevent and treat depression among urban African American adolescents should focus on minimizing their risk factors while enhancing those factors found to be protective. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10