Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale

C Currie, M Molcho, W Boyce, B Holstein… - Social science & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health have been little studied until recently, partly
due to the lack of appropriate and agreed upon measures for this age group. The difficulties …

Socioeconomic status and health behaviors in adolescence: a review of the literature

MD Hanson, E Chen - Journal of behavioral medicine, 2007 - Springer
Objective The goal of this review was to determine the direction of associations between
SES and health behaviors during the period of adolescence. Method We searched the …

[KNYGA][B] A sociology of mental health and illness 6e

A Rogers, D Pilgrim - 2021 - books.google.com
How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

The family affluence scale as a measure of national wealth: validation of an adolescent self-report measure

W Boyce, T Torsheim, C Currie, A Zambon - Social indicators research, 2006 - Springer
One explanation for a lack of consistency in SES-health associations in youth is that parent-
based income and occupation measures are inadequate. The Family Affluence Scale (FAS) …

Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to bullying during adolescence: A comparative, cross-sectional, multilevel study in 35 countries

P Due, J Merlo, Y Harel-Fisch… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the socioeconomic distribution of adolescent exposure to bullying
internationally and documented the contribution of the macroeconomic environment …

Neighborhood, family, and subjective socioeconomic status: How do they relate to adolescent health?

E Chen, LQ Paterson - Health psychology, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
This study investigated the role of neighborhood, family, and individual subjective
socioeconomic status (SES) in predicting adolescent physical health and psychological …

Income inequality and school bullying: Multilevel study of adolescents in 37 countries

FJ Elgar, W Craig, W Boyce, A Morgan… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To examine the association between income inequality and school bullying in
an international sample of preadolescents and to test for mediation of this association by the …

Family correlates of breakfast consumption among children and adolescents. A systematic review

N Pearson, SJH Biddle, T Gorely - Appetite, 2009 - Elsevier
Regular breakfast consumption can have a multitude of positive health benefits, yet young
people are more likely to skip breakfast than any other meal. Given the evidence that dietary …

Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities

P Due, R Krølner, M Rasmussen… - … journal of public …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: This paper presents a model that encompasses pathways and mechanisms working
over adolescence that contribute to adult health inequalities. We review evidence on the four …

Socioeconomic status and health: do gradients differ within childhood and adolescence?

E Chen, AD Martin, KA Matthews - Social science & medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Socioeconomic status (SES) gradients may not be static across the lifespan, but instead may
vary in strength across different life stages. This study examined the periods in childhood …