Anxiety and psychosocial stress as predictors of headache and abdominal pain in urban early adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 582-596

  White, Kamila S ^a   Farrell, Albert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Anxiety; Headache; Stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745684703     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj050     Document Type: Article

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