Open AccessAdult Relationships in Multiple Contexts and Associations With Adolescent Mental Health
Author(s) -
Gordon Capp,
Ruth Berkowitz,
Kathrine Sullivan,
Ron Avi Astor,
Kris De Pedro,
Tamika D. Gilreath,
Rami Benbenishty,
Eric Rice
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
research on social work practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-7581
pISSN - 1049-7315
DOI - 10.1177/1049731515624967
Subject(s) - mental health , psychology , depression (economics) , social support , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , regression analysis , psychiatry , social psychology , machine learning , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Purpose: Adult relationships provide critical support for adolescents because of their potential to foster positive development and provide protective influences. Few studies examine multiple ecological layers of adult relationships in connection with well-being and depression. This study examines the influence of relationships from multiple contexts for adolescents and their mental health. Method: Data from the 2011 California Healthy Kids Survey was used for this analysis; a sample of 7th-, 9th-, and 11th-grade students (N = 14,931) was drawn from 6 school districts in Southern California. Results: Regression analyses revealed that parent, teacher, and community adult support were all significantly positively associated with well-being and significantly negatively associated with depression. Discussion: Social support explained more variance in well-being than in depression, indicating that adult support may be more important for supporting well-being. This study supports the belief that individual categories and combinations of adult support are important.
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