The perceptions of adolescents, parents and teachers on the same adolescent health issues

School Psychology International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-384

  Wong, Joy ^a,c   Salilp, Farideh ^a   Ho, S Y ^a   Mak, K H ^b   Lap, M K ^a   Lam, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Basic Life Skills Training; Focus groups; Health issues; Peception; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544483804     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034305055980     Document Type: Review

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