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Published on: July 10, 2017
Family economic stress, maternal and paternal support and adolescent distress
1Child Development Department, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
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.
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