An emerging income differential for adolescent emotional problems

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1081-1088

  Langton, Emma Gore ^a   Collishaw, Stephan ^b   Goodman, Robert ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^a   Maughan, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys; British Cohort Study; emotional problems; family factors; Income gradient; National Child Development Study; sociodemographic risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052529042     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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