Family relationships mediate the association between material hardship and adolescent mental health.

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Analysis shows material hardship worsens adolescent mental health via family relationships, indicating the importance of supportive family dynamics.

Material hardship during childhood was linked to higher rates of adolescent depression and anxiety through family dynamics.
Significant mediating factors included cooperative coparenting and parent-child closeness, which varied the mental health outcomes.
Structural equation modeling revealed direct and indirect pathways between hardship and mental health, highlighting the need for family support.
Cooperative coparenting improved parent-child closeness, which in turn decreased the risk of adolescent mental health issues.

Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis shows material hardship worsens adolescent mental health via family relationships, indicating the importance of supportive family dynamics.