Friendships and family support reduce subsequent depressive symptoms in at-risk adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  van Harmelen, Anne Laura ^a   Gibson, Jenny L ^a   St Clair, Michelle C ^a,b   Owens, Matt ^a,c   Brodbeck, Jeannette ^a,d   Dunn, Valerie ^a   Lewis, Gemma ^a   Croudace, Tim ^a,e   Jones, Peter B ^a   Kievit, Rogier A ^f   Goodyer, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85009858499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153715     Document Type: Article

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