Mental health of adolescents with currently and formerly incarcerated parents.

ABSTRACT: Reliable information about children of incarcerated people is difficult to obtain, and major gaps exist in our understanding of their well-being. This study aims to determine whether adolescents with incarcerated parents report higher levels of mental health problems than those without an incarcerated parent, and whether the relationship between parental incarceration and adolescent mental health is moderated by parent-child relationships. Using a statewide survey from one US state, we compared adolescents with a currently incarcerated parent to those with a formerly incarcerated parent and those with no history of parental incarceration on self-reported indicators of mental health, and examined whether strong parent-child relationships were protective against mental health concerns. Resul

SUBMITTER: Davis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549675 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature