Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports
Purpose: We investigated the effect of parents' mental health, life events, and home life (among other factors) on adolescents'/youths' mental health, whether such an effect varies when several variables are assessed jointly, and also whether the informant source of the mental health...
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| author | Olives, E Forero, C Maydeu-Olivares, A Almansa, J Palacio Vieira, J Valderas, J Ferrer, M Rajmil, L Alonso, J |
| author_facet | Olives, E Forero, C Maydeu-Olivares, A Almansa, J Palacio Vieira, J Valderas, J Ferrer, M Rajmil, L Alonso, J |
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| description | Purpose: We investigated the effect of parents' mental health, life events, and home life (among other factors) on adolescents'/youths' mental health, whether such an effect varies when several variables are assessed jointly, and also whether the informant source of the mental health problem modifies the estimations. Methods: We studied a representative sample of 454 Spanish adolescents/youths studied longitudinally (2 assessments, 3 years apart). We considered factors associated with adolescents'/youths' mental health (conduct, emotional, and hyperactivity scores [SDQ]): risk factors (parents' mental health and life events) and mediators (social and financial support). Structural equation modeling was applied. We constructed two models: (a) with parents' SDQ responses and (b) with self-reported SDQ responses (in a subsample of N = 260). Results: Model fit was adequate for parents' appraisal. Parents' mental health (p < 0.05) and undesirable life events (p < 0.05) were the most important risk factors. The same model showed poorer fit when self-reported measures were used. Home life exerted a stronger protective effect on adolescents'/youths' mental health when reported by adolescents/youths. The negative effect of parents' mental health was significantly protected by home life in emotional [-0.14 (0.07)] and hyperactivity scores [-0.2 (0.08)]. Conclusions: Even in the presence of other factors, parents' mental health has an important effect on adolescents'/youths' mental health. Good levels of home life are protective, especially when adolescents'/youths' mental health is self-reported. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d4ffeca0-1e70-485b-900d-ddee627471212022-03-27T08:22:50ZEnvironmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reportsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d4ffeca0-1e70-485b-900d-ddee62747121EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2013Olives, EForero, CMaydeu-Olivares, AAlmansa, JPalacio Vieira, JValderas, JFerrer, MRajmil, LAlonso, JPurpose: We investigated the effect of parents' mental health, life events, and home life (among other factors) on adolescents'/youths' mental health, whether such an effect varies when several variables are assessed jointly, and also whether the informant source of the mental health problem modifies the estimations. Methods: We studied a representative sample of 454 Spanish adolescents/youths studied longitudinally (2 assessments, 3 years apart). We considered factors associated with adolescents'/youths' mental health (conduct, emotional, and hyperactivity scores [SDQ]): risk factors (parents' mental health and life events) and mediators (social and financial support). Structural equation modeling was applied. We constructed two models: (a) with parents' SDQ responses and (b) with self-reported SDQ responses (in a subsample of N = 260). Results: Model fit was adequate for parents' appraisal. Parents' mental health (p < 0.05) and undesirable life events (p < 0.05) were the most important risk factors. The same model showed poorer fit when self-reported measures were used. Home life exerted a stronger protective effect on adolescents'/youths' mental health when reported by adolescents/youths. The negative effect of parents' mental health was significantly protected by home life in emotional [-0.14 (0.07)] and hyperactivity scores [-0.2 (0.08)]. Conclusions: Even in the presence of other factors, parents' mental health has an important effect on adolescents'/youths' mental health. Good levels of home life are protective, especially when adolescents'/youths' mental health is self-reported. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
| spellingShingle | Olives, E Forero, C Maydeu-Olivares, A Almansa, J Palacio Vieira, J Valderas, J Ferrer, M Rajmil, L Alonso, J Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title | Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title_full | Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title_fullStr | Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title_short | Environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents' and youths' mental health: Differences between parents' appraisal and self-reports |
| title_sort | environmental risk and protective factors of adolescents and youths mental health differences between parents appraisal and self reports |
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