Family structure and mental health: the mediating effects of socioeconomic status, family process, and social stress
Family structure and mental health: the mediating effects of socioeconomic status, family process, and social stress
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DOI：
10.1177/002214650504600203
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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5
通讯作者：
Turner, RJ
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作者：
Barrett, AE;Turner, RJ
尽管众多研究揭示了原生家庭结构在心理健康方面的差异，但对于产生这些模式的过程仍存在争议。本研究以佛罗里达州迈阿密 - 戴德县的年轻人（19 - 21岁）为样本，检验了家庭类型的三个假定相关因素的解释意义：社会经济地位、家庭过程和社会压力水平。与先前的研究一致，我们的结果显示，与父母双全的家庭相比，来自继亲家庭、单亲家庭以及有其他亲属的单亲家庭的人抑郁症状水平更高。所有这三个假定的相关因素对抑郁症状的预测都有显著的独立贡献。在所有三个解释维度上也观察到了显著的中介效应。总体而言，它们完全或在很大程度上解释了所观察到的家庭类型在心理健康风险方面的差异。
Although numerous studies reveal differences in mental health by the structure of one family of origin, there remains debate regarding the processes generating these patterns. Using a sample of young adults (19-21 years) in Miami-Dade County in Florida, this study examines the explanatory significance of three presumed correlates of family type: socioeconomic status, family processes, and level of social stress. Consistent with prior research, our results reveal higher levels of depressive symptoms among those from step families, single parent families, and single parent families with other relatives present, compared with mother-father families. All three presumed correlates make significant independent contributions to the prediction of depressive symptomatology. Substantial mediating effects also are observed for all three explanatory dimensions. Collectively, they completely or largely explain observed family type variations in mental health risk.