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ERIC Number: EJ361538
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Life Stress and Adjustment: Effects of Life Events Experienced by Young Adolescents and Their Parents.
Cohen, Lawrence H.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v23 n4 p583-92 Jul 1987
Used a longitudinal design to test the effects of life events experienced by young adolescents and their parents. Criteria were the adolescents' depression, anxiety and self-esteem. Analysis showed a significant effect for the adolescents' controllable, but not uncontrollable, negative events. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship, Psychopathology, Self Actualization, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Analysis; Cause Effect Reltationship; Early Adolescents; Junior High Life Experience Survey