Trajectories of adolescent stressful life events and young adults’ socioeconomic and relational outcomes: Weight and depressive symptoms as mediators

Wickrama, K. A. S.; Klopack, Eric T.; Sutton, Tara E.

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“…The influence of parental rejection may be attributed to the erosion of psychological and cognitive resources, such as self‐esteem, mastery, future orientation and social relations (Rohner & Bitner, 2002). In particular, youth who are rejected by parents are especially likely to feel worthless, pessimistic about the future, and lack future orientation and are more likely to experience disrupted economic and educational achievement during the transition to adulthood, leading to disease risk in YA (Rohner & Bitner, 2002; Wickrama, Klopack, & Sutton, 2022).…”

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“…This underlying pathological process is likely produced, in part, as a response to a social stressor (e.g., parental rejection), which activates the brain regions that react to stress experiences (Chou et al, 2016). Comorbid depressive symptoms and chronic pain may also increase the risk of impaired socioeconomic attainment in YA (Wickrama, Klopack, & Sutton, 2022).…”

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“…In addition, parental rejection may directly influence young adults' depressive symptoms and impaired socioeconomic well‐being over and above its indirect influence via chronic pain. This is because parental rejection may also directly generate feelings of worthlessness, unhappiness and disconnection from family ties (Wickrama, Klopack, & Sutton, 2022). Isolated and rejected youth are likely to be hopeless about the future and end up with lower educational outcomes and greater economic hardship during the transition to adulthood (Wickrama et al, 2008).…”

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Adolescent chronic pain links parental rejection to young adult biopsychosocial problems

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Sutton

et al. 2023

British J of Dev Psycho

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Little is known about the mediating role of adolescent chronic pain in the connection between adolescent parental rejection and psychosocial and physical health (i.e., disease risk) outcomes in young adulthood (YA). To address this gap, the present study tested a model of a successively contingent developmental process that integrates neurophysiological research and the life course developmental perspective. The model included parental rejection and chronic pain in adolescence and depressive symptoms, low education attainment, economic hardship and allostatic load in YA. The study utilized 13 years of prospective data from a nationally representative sample of 11,030 US adolescents. The findings largely supported the hypothesized model. Adolescent chronic pain, as influenced by parental rejection, was associated with depressive symptoms and economic hardship in YA. In addition, parental rejection directly influenced depressive symptoms, education level and economic hardship, all of which, in turn, contributed to greater physical health risk (i.e., allostatic load) in YA. These associations persisted even after controlling for adolescent illness, depressive symptoms, age, sex and race/ethnicity. Multi-group analysis showed that female participants were more vulnerable to stressful parental rejection and socioeconomic difficulties in YA. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…In 2011, Chinese scholars used the longitudinal data of 6970 Chinese adolescents to construct LGCM to analyze the change trajectory of psychological distress symptoms and BMI and their correlation; the results showed no significant correlation (59). A study of 11,677 US adolescents constructed linear trajectories of SLEs and BMI, showing the early co-development but a small correlation coefficient (38). However, other studies have questioned the linear trajectory of BMI because of the long age spans of children, diet, experience, or pubertal development; the piecewise LGCM was used, and the results showed no co-development in children aged 3 to 7 years, but the slope of BMI and internalizing symptoms was correlated in children aged 7 to 14 years, suggesting that cross-domain time pathways may emerge in mid-childhood as social, physiological, and psychological processes begin to play an increasingly important role in these health outcomes (60).…”

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Co-development and bidirectional associations between psychological stress and obesity in school-aged children: A longitudinal study in China

Tang¹,

Yin²,

Xi³

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Psychosom Med

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Objective Psychological stress (PS) has always been a hot topic for researchers to investigate the potential determinants of childhood overweight/obesity. Up to now, cohort studies investigating the relationship between PS and childhood obesity have used different ways to assess PS, different indicators to measure obesity, and different analysis methods, and the results were also inconsistent. Methods Data were obtained from the second to eighth follow-up of an ongoing cohort of school-aged children in Chongqing, China (June 2015–June 2018), with seven waves (W1–W7, N W1 = 1419). The latent growth curve model was used to estimate the co-developmental trends between PS and obesity (body mass index [BMI], waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]). Random intercept cross-lagged panel models were constructed to examine their longitudinal bidirectional associations. Results The changes in PS and obesity (BMI, WHtR) were co-developing (r BMI = −1.105, p = .003; r WHtR = −0.991, p = .004). Longitudinal models showed significant negative correlations between PS and obesity at the between-person level (r BMI = −4.993; r WHtR = −1.591). BMI at W3 could negatively predict PS 6 months later (β = −1.508, p = .027), and WHtR at W1 could negatively predict PS at W3 (β = −2.809, p = .014). Different aspects of PS had different associations with obesity. Notably, there was a significant reciprocal relationship between peer interaction PS and obesity. Conclusions Different aspects of PS were differentially associated with obesity. Notably, there may be a clear reciprocal relationship between peer interaction PS and obesity. These findings provide new directions for protecting children’s mental health to prevent or control childhood overweight/obesity.

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“…Previous studies showed that a higher cumulative number of SLEs increased the likelihood of developing mental health problems [11][12][13]. Various studies suggested that the number of accumulated SLEs experienced at a point in time, as well as an increase or decrease of SLEs over time could affect young adults' mental health [14,15]. However, life-course studies with multiple time-points are scarce, especially those that cover trajectories of accumulated SLEs throughout the full adolescence and change in mental health in young adulthood.…”

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Trajectories of stressful life events and long-term changes in mental health outcomes, moderated by family functioning? the TRAILS study

Wijbenga

Reijneveld

Almansa

et al. 2022

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Purpose We assessed the association between trajectories of stressful life events (SLEs) throughout adolescence and changes in mental health from childhood to young adulthood. Further, we assessed whether family functioning moderated this association. Methods Data of the first six waves of the TRAILS study (2001-2016; n = 2229) were used, a cohort followed from approximately age 11 to 23. We measured SLEs (death of a family member or other beloved one, delinquency, moving, victim of violence, parental divorce, and sexual harassment) at ages 14, 16 and 19. Family functioning was measured at all six time points using the Family Assessment Device (FAD), and mental health was measured through the Youth/Adult Self-Report at ages 11 and 23. Latent class growth analyses (LCGA) were used to examine longitudinal trajectories and associations. Results We identified three SLE trajectories (low, middle, high) throughout adolescence, and found no significant associations between these trajectories and changes in mental health from childhood to young adulthood. Family functioning and SLE trajectories were significantly associated, however, the association of SLE trajectories and changes in mental health was not modified by family functioning. Mental health problems at age 11 increased the likelihood of high SLE trajectories during adolescence, and of experiencing negative family functioning. Conclusion Experiencing SLEs throughout adolescence does not have a direct impact on changes in mental health from childhood to young adulthood, but early adolescence mental health problems increase the likelihood of experiencing SLEs.

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Trajectories of adolescent stressful life events and young adults’ socioeconomic and relational outcomes: Weight and depressive symptoms as mediators

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References 74 publications

Adolescent chronic pain links parental rejection to young adult biopsychosocial problems

Adolescent chronic pain links parental rejection to young adult biopsychosocial problems

Co-development and bidirectional associations between psychological stress and obesity in school-aged children: A longitudinal study in China

Trajectories of stressful life events and long-term changes in mental health outcomes, moderated by family functioning? the TRAILS study

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