Self-perceived health among early adolescents: Role of psychosocial factors

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-583

  Piko, Bettina F ^a   Keresztes, Noemi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Early adolescence; Psychosocial health; Self perceived health

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34548668675     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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