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Maternal caregiver's typologies and internalized behaviors in African American adolescents living in urban public housing
Author(s) -
Lombe Margaret,
Nebbitt Von,
Amano Takashi,
Enelamah Ngozi,
Newransky Chrisann
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22493
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , african american , psychology , depressive symptoms , psychological intervention , logistic regression , latent class model , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , sociology , ethnology , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science
Aims This study explores how variations in maternal caregiver types may be associated with adolescents' internalized behaviors (i.e., depressive symptoms) and resources (i.e., attitudes toward delinquent behaviors and efficacious beliefs). Method Using a sample of 375 African American youth from public housing in three large US cities, we used Latent Profile Analysis to identify various maternal caregiver classes. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess whether youth can be correctly classified into maternal caregiver classes based on their internalized behaviors. Results Three maternal caregiver classes were identified. Results suggest youth living with high encouragement and high (supervision) maternal caregivers were associated with more conventional attitudes, higher self‐efficacy, and lower depressive symptoms. Conclusion Findings highlight how maternal caregivers can influence the internalizing behaviors of African American youth in US public housing. Individual, community, and system‐level interventions can be leveraged to support the impact of these maternal caregivers.