Association of Positive Family Relationships With Mental Health Trajectories From Adolescence to Midlife.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

National longitudinal studies that examine the linkages between early family experiences and sex-specific development of depression across the life course are lacking despite the urgent need for interventions in family settings to prevent adult depression.

Objective

To examine whether positive adolescent family relationships are associated with reduced depressive symptoms among women and men as they enter midlife.

Design, setting, and participants

This study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, which used a multistage, stratified school-based design to select a prospective cohort of 20 745 adolescents in grades 7 to 12 from January 3, 1994, to December 26, 1995 (wave 1). Respondents were followed up during 4 addi

SUBMITTER: Chen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6784807 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature