Reliability of the 2005 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 856-860

  Zullig, Keith J ^a   Pun, Scott ^a   Patton, Jon M ^a   Ubbes, Valerie A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle school adolescents; Psychometric analysis; Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33751013332     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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