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Locating Economic Risks for Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health: Poverty and Affluence in Families, Neighborhoods, and Schools

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Title: Locating Economic Risks for Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health: Poverty and Affluence in Families, Neighborhoods, and Schools
Language: English
Authors: Coley, Rebekah Levine, Sims, Jacqueline, Dearing, Eric, Spielvogel, Bryn
Source: Child Development. Mar-Apr 2018 89(2):360-369.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2018
Sponsoring Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
Contract Number: P01HD31921
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Violence, Neighborhoods, Poverty, Advantaged, Correlation, Educational Environment, Family Environment, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Use, Crime, Gender Differences, Community Characteristics, Family Income, Economic Factors
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12771
ISSN: 0009-3920
Abstract: Research has identified risks of both poverty and affluence for adolescents. This study sought to clarify associations between income and youth mental and behavioral health by delineating economic risks derived from family, neighborhood, and school contexts within a nationally representative sample of high school students (N = 13,179, average age 16). Attending schools with more affluent schoolmates was associated with heightened likelihoods of intoxication, drug use, and property crime, but youth at poorer schools reported greater depressive and anxiety symptoms, engagement in violence, and for male adolescents, more frequent violence and intoxication. Neighborhood and family income were far less predictive. Results suggest that adolescent health risks derive from both ends of the economic spectrum, and may be largely driven by school contexts.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1172419
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Research has identified risks of both poverty and affluence for adolescents. This study sought to clarify associations between income and youth mental and behavioral health by delineating economic risks derived from family, neighborhood, and school contexts within a nationally representative sample of high school students (N = 13,179, average age 16). Attending schools with more affluent schoolmates was associated with heightened likelihoods of intoxication, drug use, and property crime, but youth at poorer schools reported greater depressive and anxiety symptoms, engagement in violence, and for male adolescents, more frequent violence and intoxication. Neighborhood and family income were far less predictive. Results suggest that adolescent health risks derive from both ends of the economic spectrum, and may be largely driven by school contexts.
ISSN:0009-3920
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12771