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Title

Cultural, individual, and familial risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptoms in Pacific youth living in New Zealand.

Authors

Paterson, Janis; Tautolo, El-Shadan; Iusitini, Leon; Sisk, Rose

Abstract

This article examines cultural, individual, and familial risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptoms in Pacific youth living in New Zealand. At ages 11 (n = 950) and 14 (n = 931), Pacific youth participated in multidisciplinary interviews that included the Children’s Depression Inventory. Across time points, factors significantly associated with higher depressive symptoms were involvement in bullying and gang activities. Positive parenting was significantly associated with lower depressive symptoms, and Tongan youth were significantly less likely to report depressive symptoms than Samoan youth. Time-varying factors were gender, problem behaviour syndromes, and maternal education. Gaining more knowledge about modifiable risk and protective factors that contribute to depression in Pacific youth is an important tool to support new approaches that promote adaptive psychological adjustment during adolescence.

Subjects

NEW Zealand; MENTAL depression risk factors; ADOLESCENT psychology; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; BULLYING; GANGS; INTERVIEWING; PROBABILITY theory; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; SEX distribution; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN

Publication

Social Work in Mental Health, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 6, p728

ISSN

1533-2985

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1080/15332985.2018.1497566