@article{ref1,
title="Who does cohesion benefit? Race, gender, and peer networks associated with adolescent depressive symptoms",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2022",
author="Copeland, Molly and Kamis, Christina",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Adolescence is a developmental period when peer network structure is associated with mental health. However, how networks relate to distress for youth at different intersecting racial/ethnic and gender identities is unclear. Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health survey data, cross-sectional models examine peer network cohesion predicting adolescent depressive levels for racial/ethnic and gender groups. The analytic sample is N = 13,055, average age 15.3 years, 50.2% female, 68.8 % White, 17.2% Black, 9.7% Hispanic, and 4.2% Asian. The results indicate that average cohesion, depressive levels, and cohesion associated with depressive levels differ by race/ethnicity and gender, with the greatest benefits for White and Black girls. This work clarifies patterns of adolescent networks and mental health by race/ethnicity and gender.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-022-01631-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01631-3"
}