Psychological Distress in Parents and School-Functioning of Adolescents: Results from the World Trade Center Registry

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• Personal Author:
  Brackbill RM ; Cone, James E. ; Dechen T ; Gargano LM ; Stellman SD
• Description:
  Poor school-functioning can be indicative of parent and adolescent mental health and adolescent behavior problems. This study examined 472 adolescents enrolled in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry, with a two-step path analysis, using regression-based models, to unravel the relationships between parent and adolescent mental health, adolescent behavior problems, and adolescent unmet healthcare need (UHCN) on the outcome school-functioning. WTC exposure was associated with UHCN and parental mental health was a significant mediator. There was no evidence that family WTC exposure was associated with UHCN independent of its effect on parental mental health. For the second path, after accounting for the effects of adolescent mental health, behavioral problems, and UHCN, there remained a significant association between parental mental health and school-functioning. Interventions for poor schoolfunctioning should have multiple components which address UHCN, mental health, and behavioral problems, as efforts to address any of these alone may not be sufficient. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Behavior Men Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Stress, Psychological Women
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Adolescents Health Care Health Effects Humans Mental Health Mental Stress Models Psychological Effects Psychological Stress Psychology Regression Analysis School-functioning Stress Unmet Healthcare Need World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1099-3460
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  94
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049527
• Citation:
  J Urban Health 2017 Oct; 94(5):597-605
• Contact Point Address:
  L. M. Gargano, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th Street, 7th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
• Email:
  lgargano1@health.nyc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health/Mental Hygiene
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090430
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:053df373edb99fc9d2cccab332ef75fd0351cde27ddd99a352da9a965455cca1f8eca854c0bd8a797c5b7bdf2500bdcfa0460b834ea461074dbd2218d16aad6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210281/cdc_210281_DS1.pdf
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