Parental death during childhood and subsequent school performance

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 682-689

  Berg, Lisa ^a   Rostila, Mikael ^a   Saarela, Jan ^b,c   Hjern, Anders ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood socioeconomic position; Parental death; Parental mental health; Parental substance abuse; School performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; PARENTAL DEATH; PARENTAL MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SCHOOL PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTAL DEATH;

EID: 84898751439     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2771     Document Type: Article

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