Tracking of depressed mood from adolescence into adulthood and the role of peer and parental support: A partial test of the Adolescent Pathway Model

Magnus Jørgensen; Otto R F Smith; Bente Wold; Tormod Bøe; Ellen Haug

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101440

Tracking of depressed mood from adolescence into adulthood and the role of peer and parental support: A partial test of the Adolescent Pathway Model

SSM Popul Health. 2023 May 26:23:101440. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101440. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Magnus Jørgensen¹, Otto R F Smith^{2

3}, Bente Wold¹, Tormod Bøe^{4

5}, Ellen Haug^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
² Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.
³ Department of Teacher Education, NLA University College, Bergen, Norway.
⁴ Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁵ Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway.

Abstract

•Adolescent depressed mood predicts adult depressed mood.•Peer acceptance during adolescence is not associated with adult depressed mood.•Household income moderates the effect of parental closeness on adult depressed mood.