Investigating and linking social conditions of minority children and adolescents with emotional well-being.

Some level of vulnerability characterizes the daily experiences of humans. Particularly for young persons, major structural conditions are frequently linked with high vulnerability. Infrequently explored are everyday or normative routines of children that appear less challenging on the surface but may interfere with resiliency and the positive outcomes that may be achieved in the face of challenge. In linking social conditions of ethnically diverse children with emotional and physical distress, sex-linked empirical findings indicate that family-level helping behavior may be perceived and experienced as overwhelming for young, primary-school girls.