Children of perestroika: The changing socioeconomic conditions in Russia and Ukraine and their effect on the psychological well-being of high-school adolescents

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Tartakovsky, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Parental care and autonomy providing; Perceived social support; Psychological well being of adolescents; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STUDENT; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CIVIL RIGHTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UKRAINE;

EID: 76849106088     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0037-1     Document Type: Article

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