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emotional support family members may important effect adolescent health outcomes identified target policy protect impacts poverty early life adversities however studies assessed extent poverty adversity influence nature emotional support parents provide adolescents therefore aimed investigate impact trajectories income poverty family adversities including parental mental ill health alcohol misuse domestic violence across childhood developmental stages young peoples relationships families perceived emotional support received analysed longitudinal data 10976 children nationally representative uk millennium cohort study exposure trajectories poverty family adversities characterised using groupbased multitrajectory models age 9 months14 years outcomes perceived emotional support quality family relationships measured threeitem short social provisions scale sps3 levels parentadolescent closeness conflict measured age 14 ors 95 cis estimated using multivariable logistic regression models adjusting potential confounding factors age 14 overall prevalence low perceived emotional support 13 95 ci 12 14 children mothers lower socioeconomic status ses likely report low emotional support clear social gradient educationdegree plus 103 vs qualifications 154 compared children exposed low levels poverty adversity children persistent adversity trajectory groups experienced higher odds low emotional support lowquality parentadolescent relationship exposed persistent poverty poor parental mental health particularly increased risk experiencing poor family relationships low perceived emotional support adjusted odds ratio 22 95 ci 1729 low perceived emotional support poor family relationships adolescence prevalent among socially disadvantaged children adolescents experiencing social adversity policies improve levels family support uk adolescents focus improving modifiable determinants child poverty family mental health