Relation of female gender and low socioeconomic status to internalizing symptoms among adolescents: A case of double jeopardy?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1284-1296

  Mendelson, Tamar ^a   Kubzansky, Laura D ^a   Datta, Geetanjali D ^a   Buka, Stephen L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Double jeopardy; Gender; Internalizing; Mental health; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; FEMALE; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHICAGO; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 38949114537     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.033     Document Type: Article

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