title: Close relations to parents and emotional symptoms among adolescents: beyond socio-economic impact?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the relationship between trustful communication with parents and frequency of emotional symptoms in schoolchildren and whether this relationship was modified by the family's socio-economic position.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pooled data (n = 15,646) from the Danish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys 2002, 2006 and 2010 were analysed by multilevel multivariable logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  8 % of all schoolchildren reported emotional symptoms almost daily. Odds ratio for daily symptoms was 2.1 (1.8-2.4) for children without trustful communication with parents compared to children with trustful communication. This association appears unaffected by family occupational class. A substantial socio-economic gradient in emotional symptoms persisted, independent of parent-child communication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trustful communication with parents might have a fundamental importance, regardless of socio-economic position.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, trab@niph.dk.
authors.forename: Mogens Trab
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Damsgaard
authors.forename: Bjørn E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Holstein
authors.forename: Vibeke
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koushede
authors.forename: Katrine Rich
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meilstrup
authors.forename: Malene Kubstrup
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nelausen
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Signe Boe
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rayce
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003718:Denmark; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D035502:Trust