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T1 Family functioning, socio-economic status and adolescent’s depressive symptoms: the mediating role of hopelessness.
A1 Rodríguez-Naranjo, María Carmen
A1 Caño-González, Antonio
K1 Adolescentes
K1 Depresión mental
AB Research has shown that difficulties in family functioning contribute to developing adolescents’depressive symptoms. Additionally, little research has been conducted in order to analyze socio-economicstatus (SES) differences in the relationship between family functioning and adolescent depressivesymptoms. This study examined the relationships between the family variables included in theMacMaster Model of Family Functioning (MMFF), SES and depressive symptoms, as well as themediating effects of hopelessness. Participants were 643 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (49% male)drawn from secondary schools in Málaga (Spain). They completed the Family Assessment Device, theBeck Depression Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and a socio-economic measure. We usedconditional process analysis to test the moderation effect of gender and a dual mediation model withfamily functioning and hopelessness as mediators. Results showed that both family functioning as awhole and each MMFF variable, as well as SES, predicted adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Inaddition, gender moderated the relationship of roles assignment and behavioral control with adolescents’depressive symptoms, which suggests the need for interventions directed to enhance family rules andboundaries, especially for boys. Finally, we found a serial mediational role of family functioning andhopelessness in the relationship between SES and depressive symptoms, suggesting that the effect offamily SES on adolescents’ depressive symptoms through the development of hopelessness should alsobe targeted.
YR 2018
FD 2018-05-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15775
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15775
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026