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This finding looks at the relationship between parents' presence, involvement, and expectations as well as individual characteristics and adolescents' emotional health.

Teenagers were less likely to experience emotional distress if their parents were in the home when they awoke, when they came home from school, at dinnertime, and when they went to bed, if they engaged in activities with their parents, and if their parents had high expectations regarding their academic performance. In addition, those who had low self esteem were more likely to experience emotional distress.

Sample or Data Description
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health on nationally representative sample of 11,572 teenagers in grades 7 through 12.

Source
"Protecting Adolescents from Harm: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health"
Resnick, Michael D.
Bearman, Peter S., Blum, Robert Wm.; Bauman, Karl E.; Harris, Kathleen M.; Jones, Jo; Tabor, Joyce; Beuhrig, Trish; Sieving, Renee E.; Shew, Maria; Ireland, Majorie; Bearinger, Linda H.; & Udry, Richard
Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 278, Number 10. , 1997. Page(s) 823-832.

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