Factors Associated with Psychological Maladjustment of Mexican Adolescents Living in Poverty

The objectives of this study were to test the replicability of the Youth Self-Report structure in Mexican adolescents living in poverty; to determine gender and rurality differences in internalizing and externalizing problems; and to identify predictors of internalizing and externalizing problems. D...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies 2016-12, Vol.25 (12), p.3511-3522
Main Authors: Palomar-Lever, Joaquina, Victorio-Estrada, Amparo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Aggression
Antisocial Behavior
Anxiety Disorders
Behavior Disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Beneficiaries
Child and School Psychology
Child Rearing
Children & youth
Depression (Psychology)
Early Adolescents
Emotional Development
Emotional disorders
Emotional Disturbances
Emotional-Behavioural problems
Emotionally disturbed adolescents
Externalizing problems
Family Environment
Gender differences
Households
Internalization
Internalizing disorders
Loneliness
Mental Disorders
Mental Health
Mexican people
Mexico
Original Paper
Parenting Styles
Parents
Poverty
Preadolescents
Psychology
Psychopathology
Resistance (Psychology)
Risk factors
Rural areas
Self concept
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Self report
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spouses
Structural Equation Models
Young Children
Youth
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Summary:The objectives of this study were to test the replicability of the Youth Self-Report structure in Mexican adolescents living in poverty; to determine gender and rurality differences in internalizing and externalizing problems; and to identify predictors of internalizing and externalizing problems. Data were collected from a probabilistic sample of households that are beneficiaries of the Oportunidades program, including the heads of those households, their spouses and their adolescent children. The self-reports of parents and children were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results confirmed the Youth Self-Report structure in Mexican adolescents, and indicated higher levels of emotional disorders in females, higher levels of behavioral disorders in males, and higher levels in all the Youth Self-Report scales in rural adolescents. Internalizing and externalizing problems were mediated by the presence of loneliness, oppositional behavior and stress, through which the model’s other latent variables exerted indirect influence on the determination of youth psychopathology.
ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-016-0523-5