Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population

ABSTRACT To understand the factors that preserve mental health amongst a diverse population of adolescents, we examined links between neighborhood‐level resources, adolescents' self‐reported personal assets (low perceived stress, meaning and purpose, life satisfaction), parent‐reported family a...

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Main Authors: Jody M. Ganiban, Courtney K. Blackwell, Chang Liu, Leslie Leve, Jenae Neiderhiser, Maxwell Mansolf, Zhaoying Chen, Bianca Acevedo, Patricia A. Brennan, Nicole R. Bush, Jean A. Frazier, Alison E. Hipwell, Daniel P. Keating, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Santiago Morales, Amanda Norona‐Zhou, Alexandra Sullivan, Lihua Yao, Li Yi, Yeyi Zhu, program collaborators for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
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Published: Wiley 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.103
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author Jody M. Ganiban
Courtney K. Blackwell
Chang Liu
Leslie Leve
Jenae Neiderhiser
Maxwell Mansolf
Zhaoying Chen
Bianca Acevedo
Patricia A. Brennan
Nicole R. Bush
Jean A. Frazier
Alison E. Hipwell
Daniel P. Keating
Kaja Z. LeWinn
Santiago Morales
Amanda Norona‐Zhou
Alexandra Sullivan
Lihua Yao
Li Yi
Yeyi Zhu
program collaborators for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
author_facet Jody M. Ganiban
Courtney K. Blackwell
Chang Liu
Leslie Leve
Jenae Neiderhiser
Maxwell Mansolf
Zhaoying Chen
Bianca Acevedo
Patricia A. Brennan
Nicole R. Bush
Jean A. Frazier
Alison E. Hipwell
Daniel P. Keating
Kaja Z. LeWinn
Santiago Morales
Amanda Norona‐Zhou
Alexandra Sullivan
Lihua Yao
Li Yi
Yeyi Zhu
program collaborators for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
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description ABSTRACT To understand the factors that preserve mental health amongst a diverse population of adolescents, we examined links between neighborhood‐level resources, adolescents' self‐reported personal assets (low perceived stress, meaning and purpose, life satisfaction), parent‐reported family assets (household income, maternal mental health) and adolescents' self‐reported depressive and anxiety symptoms. Participants included a racially and ethnically diverse national sample of 4325 adolescents (10–21 years) from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Neighborhood‐level resources were not directly associated with depressive or anxiety symptoms. However, higher levels of personal and family assets were related to lower levels of symptoms, regardless of neighborhood resources (ß's: −0.09 to 0.55). Last, high neighborhood resources compensated for the absence of one asset—low perceived stress. For adolescents with levels of perceived stress that were just 0.17 SD above the sample mean, neighborhood resources were negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Findings did not vary across racial and ethnic groups. Results support the development of asset building endeavors that bolster positive child assets in adolescents and families to reduce mental health disparities. Implications for programs that seek to promote mental health amongst minoritized youth are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-7d49dc224d3244ad998f7fefcaee57632025-08-20T02:04:49ZengWileyMental Health Science2642-35882025-03-0131n/an/a10.1002/mhs2.103Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National PopulationJody M. Ganiban0Courtney K. Blackwell1Chang Liu2Leslie Leve3Jenae Neiderhiser4Maxwell Mansolf5Zhaoying Chen6Bianca Acevedo7Patricia A. Brennan8Nicole R. Bush9Jean A. Frazier10Alison E. Hipwell11Daniel P. Keating12Kaja Z. LeWinn13Santiago Morales14Amanda Norona‐Zhou15Alexandra Sullivan16Lihua Yao17Li Yi18Yeyi Zhu19program collaborators for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) programDepartment of Clinical/Developmental Psychology George Washington University Washington District of Columbia USADepartment of Medical Social Sciences Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USADepartment of Psychology Washington State University Pullman Washington USAPrevention Science Institute, College of Education University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USADepartment of Psychology Penn State University University Park Pennsylvania USADepartment of Medical Social Sciences Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USAPsychological and Brain Sciences George Washington University Washington District of Columbia USADepartment of Pediatrics Northwell and Cohen's Children's Hospital New Hyde Park New York USADepartment of Psychology Emory University Atlanta Georgia USADepartment of Psychiatry University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California USADepartments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UMass Chan Medical School Worcester Massachusetts USADepartment of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USADepartment of Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USADepartment of Psychiatry University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California USADepartment of Psychology University of Southern California Los Angeles California USADepartment of Psychiatry University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California USADepartment of Psychiatry University of California School of Medicine San Francisco California USADepartment of Medical Social Sciences Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USADepartment of Population Medicine Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Boston Massachusetts USADivision of Research Kaiser Permanente Northern California Oakland California USAABSTRACT To understand the factors that preserve mental health amongst a diverse population of adolescents, we examined links between neighborhood‐level resources, adolescents' self‐reported personal assets (low perceived stress, meaning and purpose, life satisfaction), parent‐reported family assets (household income, maternal mental health) and adolescents' self‐reported depressive and anxiety symptoms. Participants included a racially and ethnically diverse national sample of 4325 adolescents (10–21 years) from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Neighborhood‐level resources were not directly associated with depressive or anxiety symptoms. However, higher levels of personal and family assets were related to lower levels of symptoms, regardless of neighborhood resources (ß's: −0.09 to 0.55). Last, high neighborhood resources compensated for the absence of one asset—low perceived stress. For adolescents with levels of perceived stress that were just 0.17 SD above the sample mean, neighborhood resources were negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Findings did not vary across racial and ethnic groups. Results support the development of asset building endeavors that bolster positive child assets in adolescents and families to reduce mental health disparities. Implications for programs that seek to promote mental health amongst minoritized youth are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.103adolescentsdiversityinternalizing symptomsneighborhoodswellbeing
spellingShingle Jody M. Ganiban
Courtney K. Blackwell
Chang Liu
Leslie Leve
Jenae Neiderhiser
Maxwell Mansolf
Zhaoying Chen
Bianca Acevedo
Patricia A. Brennan
Nicole R. Bush
Jean A. Frazier
Alison E. Hipwell
Daniel P. Keating
Kaja Z. LeWinn
Santiago Morales
Amanda Norona‐Zhou
Alexandra Sullivan
Lihua Yao
Li Yi
Yeyi Zhu
program collaborators for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
Mental Health Science
adolescents
diversity
internalizing symptoms
neighborhoods
wellbeing
title Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
title_full Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
title_fullStr Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
title_full_unstemmed Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
title_short Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Adolescence: The Protective Roles of Adolescent and Family Assets Within ECHO's Diverse National Population
title_sort depressive and anxiety symptoms during adolescence the protective roles of adolescent and family assets within echo s diverse national population
topic adolescents
diversity
internalizing symptoms
neighborhoods
wellbeing
url https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.103
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