Do Social Resources Protect Against Lower Quality of Life Among Diverse Young Adolescents

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ID11670684
AutoresSarah M Scott (0000-0002-9071-5792, University of California, Merced), Jan L Wallander (0000-0003-1489-428X, University of California, Merced, autor correspondente), Marc N Elliott (0000-0002-7147-5535, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA), Jo Anne Grunbaum (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA), Alyna T Chien (0000-0002-9302-8015, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA, USA), Susan R Tortolero (The University of Texas at Austin), Susan Tortolero (University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, USA), Paula Cuccaro (0000-0002-9551-4789, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, USA), Mark A Schuster (0000-0001-5725-8705, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA)
Ano2015
Volume36
Fascículo6
Páginas754-782
Data de publicação2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431615588367
OpenAlexW1844880686
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas77

We examined whether social resources from the family and the community moderate the risk associated with low socioeconomic status (SES) for reduced quality of life (QL) among youth across racial/ethnic groups. Data were from 4,824 fifth-grade youth (age [Formula: see text] = 11.1, SD = 0.6; 49% females) in the Healthy PassagesTM study (2004-2006) located in Birmingham, Alabama; Los Angeles County, California; and Houston, Texas. Youth reported their QL using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Version 4.0 and the Global Self-Worth subscale of the Self-Perception Profile and their status for hypothesized protective social mechanisms. Overall, family cohesion, parental nurturance, other adult, and peer support were positively associated with QL across racial/ethnic groups. There were few significant interactions, but all suggested that higher SES youth benefited more than lower SES youth. In fact, family cohesion among African American youth and other adult support among Hispanic youth differentiated QL at higher, but not lower SES. Further research should examine other risk contexts and seek to inform targeted prevention efforts

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Positive Youth Development · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology