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urn:hdl:20.500.14342/3763 The Association between social capital indicators and psychological distress in Catalan adolescents Carrillo Álvarez, Elena Andres, Ana Riera Romaní, Jordi Novak, Dario Rodriguez-Monforte, Miriam Costa-Tutusaus, Lluís Guerra-Balic, Myriam Capital social (Sociologia) Adolescents -- Salut mental Malestar psicològic Enfocament ecològic According to the WHO, globally, one in seven adolescents experiences a mental disorder, being in a detrimental situation toward educational achievement, social cohesion, future health and life chances. Calls to identify risk and resilience factors to develop effective preventive actions have been made. Following a systemic approach, we conducted a cross-sectional study on the relationship between social capital and psychological distress in a sample of Catalan adolescents in Barcelona, taking into account a range of other relevant aspects at different levels influencing mental health, including gender, age, migrant status, family background, lifestyle factors, body mass index, and self-rated health. Data were collected through validated questionnaires in December 2016 from 646 of 14- to 18-year-old adolescents from three public and private high schools in Barcelona (Spain). Data analysis included descriptive analysis, a correlational study and logistic regression to obtain the odds ratio for social capital indicators to be associated with psychological distress. Our results suggest that reporting higher levels of family support and higher levels of teacher-student trust reduce the likelihood of suffering psychological distress. Higher levels of neighborhood informal control were associated with mental health, but a possible detrimental effect cannot be ruled out. Being a girl, reporting low self-rated health or higher media use was also associated with higher likelihood of psychological distress. Current results may encourage interventions that focus on social capital as a means to reduce psychological distress and foster well-being in youth. 2022-06 2022-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3763 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964689 eng Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, 13:964689 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © L'autor/a Attribution 4.0 International Frontiers