title: Family economic stress, maternal and paternal support and adolescent distress.
abstract: The present study investigated the effects of family economic stress on parental support and adolescent maladjustment in 622 9th through 12th graders in a Midwestern farm community. Economic stress had a direct effect on adolescent depressive symptoms, delinquency and drug use. The findings also indicated an indirect effect: increased stress was associated with lower paternal support for female, but not male adolescents, and lower paternal support for females was associated with higher female distress.
authors: Child Development Department, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Lempers
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Clark-Lempers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004467:Economics; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*