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Early Adolescents' Self-Reports of Major Life Stressors and Mental Health Risk Status

Finetta L. Reese

Arizona State University

Mark W. Roosa

Arizona State University

This study examined the relationship between elementary school-aged children's self-reports of major life stressors and symptomatology using an epidemiological survey of all fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in an inner-city school district. A sample consisting of 755 children was divided into five risk groups: (a) no risk, (b) parental divorce, (c) parental death, (d) children concerned about parental drinking, and (e) multiple risk Participants responded to questions regarding major family stressors, mental health outcomes, and potential mediators of the stress process. Multivariate analyses revealed a significant effect for risk status. In general, the parental drinking and multiple risk groups demonstrated more problems than did their no risk and parental divorce peers. There were no significant differences between the no risk and divorce groups on any of the measures. Also, the parental drinking and multiple risk groups did not differ significantly from one another.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 11, No. 3, 363-378 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431691113004
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