This paper reviews studies that have tested for moderators or mediators of the relation
between stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology. Many studies have tested for …

Life course epidemiology seeks to understand how determinants of health and disease
interact across the span of a human life, and has made significant contributions to …

The aim of this study was to estimate the long-term effects of parental divorce on their
offspring's mental health as well as substance-based addiction. We performed a systematic …

I use a divorce‐stress‐adjustment perspective to summarize and organize the empirical
literature on the consequences of divorce for adults and children. My review draws on …

The present study updates the PR Amato and B. Keith (1991) meta-analysis of children and
divorce with a new analysis of 67 studies published in the 1990s. Compared with children …

A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power,
and prestige. Few persons would care about such inequalities if the poor, powerless, and …

How have recent changes in US family structure affected the cognitive, social, and emotional
well-being of the nation's children? Paul Amato examines the effects of family formation on …

General strain theory (Agnew 1992) departs from traditional strain theories by emphasizing
the role of the individual's affective responses to negative life experiences in fostering …

Background. Childhood adversity significantly increases the risk of depression, but it is
unclear whether this risk is most pronounced for depression occurring early in life. In the …

The eleventh edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and
research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence …