Family Influences on Child and Adolescent Health

Dear Colleagues,

The family is the most important socialization institution for child and adolescent health. The methods of parenting, parent–child interactions and communications, and the environments that a family provides in terms of simulations, resources and financial supports are all profoundly influential on the health development of children and adolescents. In addition, a family may interact with other proximal systems, such as school, peer network, community, etc., which collectively constitute a complex relationship with child and adolescent health. In this Special Issue, child and adolescent health is broadly referred to as the cognitive, mental, educational, behavioral and physical aspects of child and adolescent development that bear positive implications for their well-being. It is theoretically and empirically pivotal to scrutinize the ways in which families and specific processes and interactions with other social systems affect the health development of children and adolescents, which is in fact related to the rudimental foundation for the continuity of mankind. This Special Issue welcomes high-quality contributions addressing the health issues of children and adolescents related to the family and their social systems, and potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Family, children and adolescents;
• Family socialization;
• Family and related social systems;
• Childhood and adolescence;
• Cognitive and mental issues;
• Educational and behavioral development;
• Emotional and physical health;
• Parent–child relationships;
• Child and adolescent development;
• Social participation and support;
• Wellbeing.

Dr. Jerf W.K. Yeung
Dr. Lili Xia
Guest Editors

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• family, children and adolescents
• family socialization
• family and related social systems
• childhood and adolescence
• cognitive and mental issues
• educational and behavioral development
• emotional and physical health
• parent–child relationships
• child and adolescent development
• social participation and support
• wellbeing