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Lempers, Jacques D.; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Investigates the relationship between family economic hardship and adolescent distress among 622 students in grades 9-12. Hardship effects varied according to type of distress. Hardship had direct and indirect effects on the depression-loneliness factor and an indirect effect on the delinquency-drug use factor. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Delinquency, Depression (Psychology), Family Financial Resources