The Inter-relationship of Adolescent Unhappiness and Parental Mental Distress

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 196-203

  Webb, Elizabeth ^a   Panico, Lidia ^b   Bécares, Laia ^c   McMunn, Anne ^a   Kelly, Yvonne ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Family; Longitudinal; Mental distress; Parents; Unhappiness; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIFE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL AGE; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNHAPPINESS; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHER; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85007163151     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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