Adverse Life Events and Mental Health in Middle Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Flouri, Eirini; Kallis, Constantinos
Titel	Adverse Life Events and Mental Health in Middle Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 2, S.371-377 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.04.001
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Prosocial Behavior; Economically Disadvantaged; Hyperactivity; Psychopathology; Adolescents; Mental Health; Risk; Measures (Individuals); Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Standardized Tests; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Emotional Disturbances; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hyperaktivität; Psychopathologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychohygiene; Risiko; Messdaten; Fragebogen; Ausland; Schulleistung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Gefühlsstörung; Großbritannien
Abstract	This study's aim was to search for the appropriate functional form of the effect of proximal cumulative contextual risk (PCCR), measured with number of adverse life events experienced in the last 6 months, on adolescent psychopathology and prosocial behavior, measured with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The study sample was 171 year ten (aged 14-15) adolescents from predominantly socio-economically disadvantaged families in the UK. Adjustment was made for parental education, and for child's age, gender, and academic achievement, which was measured with results in Standard Attainment Tests in English, mathematics and science taken in the previous year. PCCR predicted total difficulties, emotional symptoms, conduct problems and hyperactivity. The relationship between PCCR and total difficulties and emotional symptoms was non-quadratic; the PCCR/externalizing problems relationship was quadratic. The findings highlight the importance of considering both outcome specificity and non-linear patterns of associations when modelling cumulative contextual risk effects on adolescent psychopathology. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10