A new short self-rating questionnaire to assess stress in children

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-117

  Osika, Walter ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a   Wahrborg, Peter ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beck youth inventories; Catecholamines; Children; Cortisol; SiC questionnaire; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK YOUTH INVENTORY; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; STRESS; STRESS IN CHILDREN QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34347384811     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03004176     Document Type: Article

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