On the structure and dimensionality of health-related behaviour in adolescents

Psychology and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-452

  Røysamb, Espen ^a   Rise, Jostein ^a,b   Kraft, Pål ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dimensionality; Health behaviour; Risk; Third order factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031494407     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449708406721     Document Type: Article

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