Protective Factors Buffer Life Stress and Behavioral Health Outcomes among High-Risk Youth

Shubam Sharma; Brian Mustanski; Danielle Dick; John Bolland; Darlene A. Kertes

doi:10.1007/s10802-019-00515-8

Protective Factors Buffer Life Stress and Behavioral Health Outcomes among High-Risk Youth

Shubam Sharma, Brian Mustanski, Danielle Dick, John Bolland, Darlene A. Kertes^*

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Abstract

This study investigated internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and polydrug use among African-American youth residing in high-poverty neighborhoods, and tested the potential protective effects of religiosity, parental monitoring, and neighborhood collective efficacy on life stress and behavioral health outcomes (N = 576; 307 females; Mage = 16 years, SD = 1.44 years). A cumulative risk index reflected the combined effects of past year exposure to stressful life events, racial discrimination, and exposure to violence along with poor neighborhood ecology. Structural equation modeling revealed that cumulative risk significantly predicted internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and polydrug use. Interaction tests showed that the association of cumulative risk with internalizing problems was buffered by adolescent religiosity and neighborhood collective efficacy. The association of cumulative risk with externalizing problems was buffered by parental monitoring and collective efficacy. Adolescent sex further moderated these effects. The findings of the present study collectively highlight potential for protective factors to buffer effects of cumulative risk on behavioral health outcomes among youth residing in high-risk neighborhoods.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1289-1301
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	47
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00515-8
State	Published - Aug 15 2019

Funding

This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01MD011727 awarded to Darlene Kertes and grant R01DA025039 awarded to Brian Mustanski. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funders.

Keywords

Adolescence
Behavioral health
Externalizing problems
High-risk environments
Internalizing problems
Life stress
Neighborhood factors
Parenting
Protective factors
Substance use

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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