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Author: Hilley, Chanler
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1. Hilley, Chanler
Risk and Protective Factors in the Mental Health and Substance Use of Opportunity Youth
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, 2020
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Family Characteristics; Health, Mental/Psychological; Socioeconomic Background; Transition, Adulthood

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The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is an important developmental period, as youth experience rapid changes in many domains of their lives (Settersten & Ray, 2010). These transitions have been linked to both positive and negative turning points in youths' behavior and psychosocial wellbeing (Elder & Shanahan, 2007). Being disengaged from work and school, two important social institutions involved in the transition to adulthood (Havighurst, 1972), has been associated with poorer mental health and increases substance use; in this literature, there is still a dearth of research among youth in the United States of America and on the developmental implications of disengagement (Hilley et al., 2019). Therefore, this dissertation includes two studies to address these gaps with respect to mental health and substance use...Study 2 investigates the cross-lagged associations between opportunity youth (or youth who are neither in school nor working) status and mental health over the transition to adulthood and explores whether familial social support and socioeconomic status mitigate or exacerbate the influence of opportunity youth status on mental health. Findings from these studies support the developmental nature of disengagement (despite its heterogeneity) and its connection with mental health and substance use, as well as suggest the need for additional research into risk and protective factors.
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Hilley, Chanler. Risk and Protective Factors in the Mental Health and Substance Use of Opportunity Youth. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, 2020.