TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Who does cohesion benefit? Race, gender, and peer networks associated with adolescent depressive symptoms
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Copeland, Molly
A1  - Kamis, Christina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01631-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -