@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of and factors associated with negative mental health indicators in adolescents attending high school in the brazilian state of pernambuco",
journal="Revista brasileira de saúde materno infantil",
year="2011",
author="de Carvalho, P.D. and de Barros, M.V.G. and Santos, C.M. and Melo, E.N. and de Oliveira, N.K.R. and Lima, R.A.",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="227-238",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: to identify the prevalence of and factors associated with negative mental health indicators among adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: a previously validated questionnaire was used to gather data on 4,207 adolescents (aged between 14 and 19 years) attending high school, selected by way of conglomerate sampling in two stages. <br><br>RESULTS: the prevalence of sadness, feelings of loneliness, thoughts of suicide, difficulty sleeping because of anxiety, and plans to commit suicide was 29.7%, 15.8%, 11.2%, 10.0% and 7.8% respectively. The prevalence for all indicators was higher among girls, with sadness being the most prevalent indicator. It was identified that skin-color was not a factor associated with the occurrence of negative mental health indicators, while not living with parents showed a significant degree of association with feeling of loneliness and thoughts of suicide. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: the prevalence of feelings of loneliness and sadness is high and girls are a subgroup that is more vulnerable to all the negative mental health indicators.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1519-3829",
doi="10.1590/s1519-38292011000300003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-38292011000300003"
}