What explains the relation between family poverty and childhood depressive symptoms?

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1163-1175

  Tracy, Melissa ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b   Galea, Sandro ^a   McCauley, Elizabeth ^c   Stoep, Ann Vander ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Depressive symptoms; Divorce; Neighborhood; Socioeconomic status; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 52149110122     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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