Youth unemployment and psychological distress in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-320

  Hannan, Damian F ^a,b   ÓRiain, Seán ^b   Whelan, Christopher T ^b  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031171597     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0087     Document Type: Article

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