Stress in children: How fifth-year pupils experience stress in everyday life

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Brobeck, Elisabeth ^a,c   Marklund, Bertil ^a,b   Haraldsson, Katarina ^a,b   Berntsson, Leeni ^b  

^a Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; Daily hassles; Experiences; Family health; Interview; Phenomenology; Psychosomatic stress; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047242127     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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