Weight Status, Self-Competence, and Coping Strategies in Chinese Children

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-185

  Chen, Jyu Lin ^a,b   Yeh, Chao Hsing ^a,b   Kennedy, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248997905     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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