My peers, my friend, and I: Peer interactions and somatic complaints in boys and girls

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2195-2205

  Jellesma, Francine C ^a   Rieffe, Carolien ^a   Terwogt, Mark Meerum ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Friendship; Gender; Pain; Social; Sociometric status; Somatic complaints; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; VARIANCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42949162225     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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