Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Adolescent Daughters' Substance Use, and Father Residence in Minority Families.
Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Adolescent Daughters' Substance Use, and Father Residence in Minority Families.
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母亲的抑郁症状、青春期女儿的药物滥用以及父亲居住在少数民族家庭。
DOI:
10.1080/10826084.2019.1610446
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
Hurlburt,MichaelS
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作者:
Sang,Jina;Cederbaum,JulieA;Ko,AhraC;Hurlburt,MichaelS
BackgroundMaternal depression has been linked to substance use in adolescents, but the mechanisms of the relationship between maternal depression and adolescent substance use are less clear. Specifically, previous literature has overlooked the role of fathers as a potential protective or exacerbating factor in buffering this relationship.ObjectivesThe goal of this study was to investigate the association between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent substance use, exploring father’s residential status as a moderator for adolescents living with a mother with depressive symptoms.MethodPaper-and-pencil surveys were administered to a sample of 176 mothers and their adolescent daughters aged 14-18, predominantly identifying as African American/Black. Participants included a subset of mothers with HIV.ResultsThe results revealed that maternal depressive symptoms were not directly associated with adolescent substance use. However, father’s residential status was found to be a significant moderator in the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent substance use. Specifically, when fathers were involved in the daughter’s life (residential or non-resident), substance use was higher in adolescents of mothers with high depressive symptoms than in those of mothers with low depressive symptoms.ConclusionThe results suggest that varied family dynamics are critical to understanding engagement in substance use among adolescent girls, including the influence of both mothers and fathers.