Adolescent mental health resilience and combinations of caregiver monitoring and warmth : a person-centred perspective

dc.contributor.authorTheron, Linda C.
dc.contributor.authorRothmann, Sebastiaan
dc.contributor.authorMakhnach, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorUngar, Michael
dc.contributor.emaillinda.theron@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-17T07:25:42Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17T07:25:42Z
dc.date.issued2022-10
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY : The data are stored in an institutional repository and can be made available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.en_US
dc.description.abstractCaregiver monitoring and warmth have protective mental health effects for adolescents, including vulnerable adolescents. However, combinations of the aforesaid parenting behaviours and their relationship with adolescent mental health are underexplored, especially among younger and older South African (SA) adolescents challenged by structural disadvantage. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate unique profiles of caregiver monitoring and warmth and their associations with depression and conduct problems as reported by younger and older adolescents from disadvantaged SA communities. Latent profile and linear regression analyses were used to examine cross-sectional survey data generated by 891 adolescents from two disadvantaged SA communities (62.2% aged 13–17 [average age: 16.13]; 37.5% aged 18–24 [average age: 20.62]). Two profiles emerged. The first, i.e. substantial caregiver warmth and some monitoring, was associated with younger and older adolescent reports of statistically significantly fewer symptoms of depression and conduct problems. The second, i.e. caregiver monitoring without much warmth, was associated with significantly more symptoms of depression or conduct problems among younger and older adolescents. Traditional gender effects (i.e. higher depression symptoms among girls; higher conduct problem symptoms among boys) were amplified when caregiver monitoring was combined with low warmth. In short, protecting the mental health of younger and older adolescents from disadvantaged communities requires higher levels of caregiver warmth combined with moderate levels of caregiver supervision. Because stressors associated with disadvantaged communities jeopardise warm parenting, supporting caregiver resilience to those stressors is integral to supporting adolescent mental health.en_US
dc.description.departmentEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Research Foundation.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/journal/10826en_US
dc.identifier.citationTheron, L., Rothmann, S., Makhnach, A. et al. Adolescent Mental Health Resilience and Combinations of Caregiver Monitoring and Warmth: A Person-centred Perspective. Journal of Child and Family Studies 31, 2860–2870 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02287-0.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1062-1024 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1573-2843 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10826-022-02287-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/90716
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectConduct problemsen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectMental health resilienceen_US
dc.subjectParentingen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.titleAdolescent mental health resilience and combinations of caregiver monitoring and warmth : a person-centred perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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