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Tashuna Albritton1, Meghan Angley, Crystal Gibson
1The Consultation Center, Yale University, 389 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA, Tashuna.albritton@yale.edu.
American Journal of Community Psychology
|July 12, 2015
Summary
Young adults
Area of Science:
- Adolescent and young adult mental health
- Health services research
- Couples mental health
Background:
- Mental health concerns frequently emerge during the transition to young adulthood.
- Adolescent and young adult mental health service utilization is notably low, especially among minority populations.
- Understanding factors influencing service use in diverse young parenting couples is critical.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate predictors of mental health service utilization among diverse young parenting couples.
- To examine personal, family, partner relationship, and environmental factors influencing service use.
- To assess actor and partner effects on mental health utilization using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 296 diverse young parenting couples was analyzed.
- The social-personal framework guided the examination of predictors.
- The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model was employed to assess actor and partner effects.
- Moderator effects for gender, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors were examined.
Main Results:
- Female gender, being White, higher income, increased conduct problems, and less anxious romantic attachment predicted mental health service utilization.
- Significant moderators included depression by gender, depression by medical insurance, and stress by Latino ethnicity.
- These findings highlight demographic, behavioral, and relational influences on service use.
Conclusions:
- Mental health assessments during medical visits and systematic follow-up are recommended for individuals and couples with identified needs.
- Future research should explore married couples, spousal influence, and parenting factors impacting mental health service utilization.
- Interventions should consider the complex interplay of individual, relational, and socio-environmental factors in diverse young parenting couples.
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