Assessing quality of life for adolescents in Taiwan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a   Lu, Shiang Ru ^b   Juang, Kai Dih ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Taiwan; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TAIWAN; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 14644435668     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1323-1316.2005.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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