Short-Term Natural Course of Depressive Symptoms and Family-Related Stress in Adolescents After Separation From Father.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if separation from a father is associated with short-term changes in mental health or substance use in adolescents.

Methods

Every 3 months, during a 5-year period, we followed 1160 Grade 7 students participating in the Nicotine Dependence in Teens Study who were living with both parents. Participants who reported not living with their father for 6 or more consecutive months during follow-up were categorized as separated from father. Pooled regressions within the framework of generalized estimating equations were used to model the associations between separation from father and indicators of mental health (depressive symptoms, and worry and [or] stress about family relationships or the family situation) and substance use (alcohol use and cigarette smoki

SUBMITTER: Gobbi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4679116 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature