Family obligation in Chinese homes lowers teenage depression symptoms

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

A new study of Chinese-American youth has found that family obligation, for example caring for siblings or helping elders, plays a positive role in the mental health of Chinese-American adolescents and may prevent symptoms of depression in later teenage years.

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