Behavioural problems in Sri Lankan schoolchildren: Associations with socio-economic status, age, gender, academic progress, ethnicity and religion

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 654-662

  Prior, Margot ^a   Virasinghe, Shanya ^a   Smart, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural problems; Sri Lankan children

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS;

EID: 24944542433     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0942-x     Document Type: Article

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