Table 3.

Wave 3 mediators of the effect of minority status on Wave 4 mental health outcomes (N=1,863)

Outcome	Lifetime MDD	Past‐year MDD	Lifetime GAD	Past‐year GAD	DAS	K10
c (no mediator)	0.22	0.21	0.98***	1.28***	1.20*	1.39***
Wave 3 proportion of households moved within last five years
Mediation effect	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0.31 (0.03‐0.63)
a	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0.09***
b	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	3.45*
Wave 3 youth report of exposure to violence
Mediation effect	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0.14 (0.02‐0.29)
a	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	1.63***
b	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0.09*
Wave 3 youth‐reported social support
Mediation effect	‐	0.08 (0.02‐0.18)	‐	‐	0.18 (0.01‐0.40)	‐
a	‐	–0.17***	‐	‐	–0.17***	‐
b	‐	–0.46*	‐	‐	–1.04*	‐
Wave 3 youth‐reported peer relationships
Mediation effect	‐	0.12 (0.01‐0.26)	‐	‐	0.50 (0.17‐0.83)	0.38 (0.20‐0.58)
a	‐	–0.59***	‐	‐	–0.59***	–0.59***
b	‐	–0.18*	‐	‐	–0.74**	–0.64***

Unstandardized regression coefficients and 95% bias‐corrected confidence intervals are reported. a – effect of the independent variable (minority status) on the mediator, b – effect of the mediator on the dependent variable when controlling for independent variable, c – effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable, MDD – major depressive disorder, GAD – generalized anxiety disorder, DAS – depressive and anxiety symptoms, K10 – Kessler‐10 scale

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001