Trajectories of depressive symptoms and stressful life events among male and female adolescents in divorced and nondivorced families

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 253-273

  Ge, Xiaojia ^a   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^a   Conger, Rand D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644847266     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579406060147     Document Type: Article

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