Stress and Somatic Complaints in Low-Income Urban Adolescents

Studied rates of somatic complaints and the association between stress and somatic complaints for 1,030 low-income urban adolescents in grades 6 through 8. For both boys and girls, somatization was the most commonly reported internalizing symptom, and heightened rates of urban stress predicted heigh...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 2001-08, Vol.30 (4), p.499-514
Main Authors: Reynolds, Linda K, O'Koon, Jeffrey H, Papademetriou, Eros, Szczygiel, Sylvia, Grant, Kathryn E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
African Americans
Aggression
Biological and medical sciences
Child Abuse
Child development
Child psychology
Children & youth
Culture
Delinquency
Depression (Psychology)
Evidence
Gender Differences
Grade 8
Health Problems
Illness
Illnesses
Junior High School Students
Low Income
Low income families
Low Income Groups
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Minority & ethnic groups
Neighborhoods
Oppression
Population
Poverty
Psychological Factors
Psychological Stress
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public schools
Self esteem
Sex Differences
Socialization
Somatic symptoms
Somatization
Somatoform disorders. Psychosomatics
Stress
Stress Management
Stress Variables
Students
Teenagers
Urban Areas
Urban Youth
USA
Young people
Youth
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Summary:Studied rates of somatic complaints and the association between stress and somatic complaints for 1,030 low-income urban adolescents in grades 6 through 8. For both boys and girls, somatization was the most commonly reported internalizing symptom, and heightened rates of urban stress predicted heightened rates of somatic complaints. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1023/A:1010401417828