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Big cities, small towns and adolescent mental health in New Zealand
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Big cities, small towns and adolescent mental health in New Zealand

R. McGee, W.R. Stanton and M. Feehan
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.25(3), pp.338-342
1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/00048679109062634
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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/14460
Appears in  The Dunedin Study

Abstract

adolescents life event mental health New Zealand stress urban area cross-sectional studies incidence internal-external control mental disorders poverty referral and consultation risk factors rural population social adjustment social environment urban population
This study examined relationships between measures of mental health and the type of residential locations in which the sample lived. There were no significant differences between groups from differing types of towns or cities, but adolescents who come from larger population centres reported more life event stresses. Those adolescents who experienced more frequent changes of address had more mental health problems.
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