Thursday, March 29 / 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM   •   Ziegfeld

Session 40:
Adolescent Mental Health in the U.S.

Chair: Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Discussant: Tamar Mendelson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  1. Structure and Stress: Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms across Adolescence and Young AdulthoodDaniel Adkins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Lin Wang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2. Depression, Self-Esteem, and Multiracial Adolescents: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Family StructureJamie Mihoko Doyle, University of Pennsylvania

  3. Is Overweight a Heavy Burden for Teenagers? New Evidence about Adolescent Body Composition and Psychological DistressMichelle Frisco, Pennsylvania State University ; Jason Houle, Pennsylvania State University ; Molly A. Martin, Pennsylvania State University

  4. Gender Differences in Adolescent Depression: Social Integration into the Normative School ContextKurt A. Gore, University of Texas at Austin ; Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin

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