Committed to work but vulnerable: self-perceptions and mental health in NEET 18-year olds from a contemporary British cohort

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 196-203

  Goldman Mellor, Sidra ^a,b   Caspi, Avshalom ^c,d,e   Arseneault, Louise ^e   Ajala, Nifemi ^e   Ambler, Antony ^e   Danese, Andrea ^e,f   Fisher, Helen ^e   Hucker, Abigail ^e   Odgers, Candice ^c   Williams, Teresa ^g   Wong, Chloe ^e   Moffitt, Terrie E ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Nuffield Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; depression; employment; longitudinal studies; mental health; self perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84940475263     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12459     Document Type: Article

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