Influence of family therapy on bullying behaviour, cortisol secretion, anger, and quality of life in bullying male adolescents: A randomized, prospective, controlled study

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 355-362

  Nickel, Marius K ^a,b,c,d   Muehlbacher, Moritz ^b   Kaplan, Patrick ^b   Krawczyk, Jakub ^b   Buschmann, Wiebke ^b   Kettler, Christian ^a   Rother, Nadine ^a   Egger, Christoph ^b   Rother, Wolfhardt K ^a   Loew, Thomas K ^c   Nickel, Cerstin ^a  

^a Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine   (Germany)

^b University Clinic for Psychiatry   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anger; Brief strategic family therapy; Health related quality of life; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33744961673     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370605100604     Document Type: Article

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