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Psychological resilience and self-esteem significantly mediate the negative impacts of low socioeconomic status and food insecurity on adolescents' perceived health. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine the relationships between socioeconomic status, food insecurity, and adolescents' perceived health, and to determine whether psychological resilience and self-esteem mediate these associations.

September 5, 2026Biodemography and Social Biology

Perceived health among adolescents: The mediating roles of psychological resilience and self-esteem under socioeconomic and food insecurity risk

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SVSümbüle Köksoy VayısoğluMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute EÖEmine ÖncüMersin Üniversitesi

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Cross-sectional study reveals that resilience and self-esteem mediate links between socioeconomic disadvantage and perceived health in adolescents, highlighting key psychosocial targets.

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To examine the relationships between socioeconomic status, food insecurity, and adolescents' perceived health, and to determine whether psychological resilience and self-esteem mediate these associations.
Conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,000 adolescents aged 14–17 across the Eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey using multistage stratified sampling.
Assessed participants using a socioeconomic status form, the Children's Food Insecurity Experiences Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Child and Youth Resilience Measure.
Applied Generalized Linear Models to evaluate direct and indirect mediation pathways.
Lower socioeconomic status and higher food insecurity were significantly associated with poorer perceived health, with worsening health perceptions observed at higher severities of food insecurity.
Higher psychological resilience was associated with better perceived health, whereas lower self-esteem was associated with poorer perceived health.
Both psychological resilience and self-esteem demonstrated significant negative indirect mediating effects between structural disadvantages (socioeconomic status and food insecurity) and perceived health.

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Vayısoğlu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3c76b95aff0620eaee1 https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2026.2727711

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Cross-sectional study reveals that resilience and self-esteem mediate links between socioeconomic disadvantage and perceived health in adolescents, highlighting key psychosocial targets.

Perceived health among adolescents: The mediating roles of psychological resilience and self-esteem under socioeconomic and food insecurity risk

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Perceived health among adolescents: The mediating roles of psychological resilience and self-esteem under socioeconomic and food insecurity risk

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