The association between somatization and perceived ability: Roles in dysmenorrhea among Israeli Arab adolescents

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-142

  Goldstein Ferber, Sari ^a   Granot, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dysmenorrhea; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARAB; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHRISTIAN; COGNITION; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 33744472479     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000197644.95292.00     Document Type: Article

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