Psychosocial factors and coping strategies of adolescents in a rural Pennsylvania high school

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-530

  Sung, Kyung Mi ^a,b   Puskar, Kathryn R ^b   Sereika, Susan ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Psychosocial factors; Rural adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33750682665     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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