Family social support, community "social capital" and adolescents' mental health and educational outcomes: A longitudinal study in England

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 697-709

  Rothon, Catherine ^a   Goodwin, Laura ^b   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational achievement; Longitudinal studies; Mental health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84863725805     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0391-7     Document Type: Article

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