Family and Psychosocial Risk Factors in a Longitudinal Epidemiological Study of Adolescents

Objective To study the association of family and social risk factors with psychopathology in a longitudinal study of adolescents. Method From 1986 to 1988, 3,419 seventh through ninth graders were screened with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The top decile scorers and a random sample of the remainder were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (n = 581). Follow-up...