Well-being of 12-year-old children related to interpersonal relations, health habits and mental distress

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-281

  Lindberg, Lene ^a   Swanberg, Inga ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Quantitative approaches; Research in practice; School nursing

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOOD HABITS; HABITS; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747596657     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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