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Much of the impetus for the accelerating emergence of adolescent stress research flows from a growing recognition that the outcomes associated with exposure to stress are highly prevalent among adolescents. These unfortunate consequences are illustrated most poignantly by the high rate of suicide among young people. Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults (USDHHS, 1986), and these rates are increasing (Murphy & Wetzel, 1980). Reports also document high (Albert & Beck, 1975; Kandel & Davies, 1982; Kaplan, Hong, & Weinhold, 1984; Schoenbach, Kaplan, Wagner, Grimson, & Miller, 1983; Teri, 1982) and increasing prevalence rates (Klerman & Weissman, 1989) of depression in adolescent and young-adult populations, and this disorder, significant in and of itself, also figures prominently as a risk factor for suicide (Neinstein, 1984; Sommer, 1984; Wells, Deykin, & Klerman, 1985). In addition, high rates of substance use and abuse among adolescents may reflect attempts of youth to cope with stressful life experiences or with emotional distress (Huba, Wingard, & Bentler, 1980) and thus are another element in an overall picture of heightened risk at this stage of life. Although these stress-related mental health conditions are important objects of inquiry in their own right, it is equally important to identify the mechanisms through which stress arises in the lives of adolescents, the subject of this chapter.
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Aneshensel, C.S., Gore, S. (1991). Development, Stress, and Role Restructuring. In: Eckenrode, J. (eds) The Social Context of Coping. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3740-7_4
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