Parental and Friend Support Among Black Adolescents with Low Socioeconomic Status: Independent and Interactive Relations with Mental Health

Poster Session II

Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: We examined parental and friend support among low socioeconomic status Black adolescents. We found that high parental support alone correlated with reduced depression and anxiety symptoms while friend support alone had no correlation with symptoms. However, the combination of high parental support and high friend support yielded the lowest symptoms.

• Rachel Chiu (Presenting Author)
• Zidi Mu (Author)
• Hee Moon (Author)
• Veronica Passarelli (Author)
• Jungwon Kim (Author)
• Edith Chen (Author)
• Phoebe Lam (Author)