Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample: Exploring Unique, Non-Linear, and Interactive Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Risk

Close relationships are consequential for youth depressive symptoms and suicide risk, but nuanced research examining intersecting factors is needed to improve identification and intervention. This study examines a clinical, residential sample of 939 adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 23 years o...

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Published inJournal of youth and adolescence Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 1062 - 1073
Main Authors Rivers, Alannah Shelby, Russon, Jody, Winston-Lindeboom, Payne, Ruan-Iu, Linda, Diamond, Guy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Bullying
Child
Child and School Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Cyberbullying
Depression
Disease Susceptibility
Embedded systems
Empirical Research
Family conflict
Female
Friends
Friendship
Health Psychology
History of Psychology
Humans
Interpersonal conflict
Law and Psychology
Male
Mental depression
Mental health
Peer Group
Peer relationships
Peers
Prevention
Psychology
Risk
Social support
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teenagers
Young Adult
Young adults
Youth
Bullying
Family environment
Depression
Suicide
Friendships
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Summary:Close relationships are consequential for youth depressive symptoms and suicide risk, but nuanced research examining intersecting factors is needed to improve identification and intervention. This study examines a clinical, residential sample of 939 adolescents and young adults ages 10 to 23 years old ( M  = 15.84, SD  = 1.53; 97.7% white, 99.5% non-Hispanic, 55% female). The final model found that family conflict, parental criticism, verbal bullying, and interactions with friends were associated with depressive symptoms in the expected directions, and there were significant interactions with family, peer, and demographic variables. However, most associations with suicide risk were indirect. Associations involving family factors, peer factors, depressive symptoms, and suicide are not always straightforward, and should be understood within a microsystemic context.
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ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
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DOI:10.1007/s10964-021-01524-x