Family economic stress, maternal and paternal support and adolescent distress.
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.
Lempers
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Child Development Department, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
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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*