Mental health in adolescence: Is America's youth flourishing?

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Keyes, Corey L M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Flourishing; Mental health; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749005393     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.3.395     Document Type: Article

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