short-report | 05-September-2020
social support (12, 13). Furthermore, PND can also occur independently of a predisposition to mental health problems because parents, and in particular mothers, often have to cope with sleep fragmentation and sleep deprivation caused by infant night waking, on top of other life stressors and pressures (14).
Data have shown that up to 45% of mothers who seek formal help in relation to their infant’s sleep problems score in the clinical range on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) (15
Y King,
S Blunden
Eat, Sleep, Work, Volume 2 , ISSUE 1, 2–17
research-article | 30-November-2020
dynamics, peer popularity, and deviant peer affiliation (42), or peer connectedness (43). Peer attachment and peer support related to positive mental health outcomes (44, 45) are usually used to focus on peer relationships' adaptation dimension (46).
Social support and attachment are crucial for mental health and acculturation (47-50). For example, it is reported that social support from peers has a positive relationship with health-related quality of life (51), mental health (47), self-esteem (52
Derya Atalan Ergin
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 9 , 127–136
Research Article | 30-November-2013
Suicide is still one of the leading causes of youth mortality, and amongst others previous suicide attempts have been found to be one of the strongest risk factors for suicide. The objective of this study is to examine risk factors of suicide attempts in a total population of Faroese adolescents. It is expected that anxious attachment, high scores on negative affectivity and low scores on past and present social support were correlated to an increased risk of life-time suicide attempts in both
Tóra Petersen,
Ask Elklit
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 2 , ISSUE 3, 106–114
research-article | 30-November-2018
social network influences on families’ obesity and health behaviors operate through a complex set of interpersonal and socio-structural mechanisms, which include social influence, social support, and social capital (Ashida et al., 2011; Ashida, Wilkinson, & Koehly, 2012; Bauer, Neumark-Sztainer, Fulkerson, Hannan, & Story, 2011; Bauer, Laska, Fulkerson, & Neumark-Sztainer, 2011; Gorin et al., 2008). These social factors can promote or impede behavior change and intervention outcomes (Valente, 2010
Kayla de la Haye,
Brooke M. Bell,
Sarah-Jeanne Salvy
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 20 , ISSUE 3, 7–28
Research Article | 05-July-2017
Background:Increasing psychiatric disorders and alcohol intoxication challenge the pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) to which adolescents are referred owing to acute alcohol intoxication.Objective:This study examined the degree to which adolescents presenting to PED with alcohol intoxication or deliberate self-harm report symptoms of depression and how they differed from non-depressed patients in terms of alcohol use, perceived social support, psychological distress, self-esteem, and
Varpu Puuskari,
Terhi Aalto-Setälä,
Erkki Komulainen,
Mauri Marttunen
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 5 , ISSUE 1, 39–49
research-article | 30-November-2018
members, including health communication and social support. Interviews were scheduled to accommodate each participant’s convenience and availability. The family tree interviews were conducted in a private conference room at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health, and were administered by trained research assistants (K.B., H.S.), who were racially matched with the study sample (i.e., African American). Upon each participant’s arrival to his or her interview, the research assistant
Sula M. Hood,
Elizabeth H. Golembiewski,
Hadyatoullaye Sow,
Kyle Benbow,
Jeremy Prather,
Lisa D. Robison,
Elisabeth Martin-Hagler
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 20 , ISSUE 3, 96–118