An international scoring system for self-reported health complaints in adolescents

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-299

  Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a   Erhart, Michael ^a   Torsheim, Torbjorn ^b   Hetland, Jorn ^c   Freeman, John ^d   Danielson, Mia ^e   Thomas, Christiane ^a   Alexandrova, Bogdana ^f   Morgan, Antony ^f   Lepp, Kädi ^f   Välimäa, Raili ^f   Vignes, Céline ^f   Haehne, Cornelia ^f   Nickel, Jennifer ^f   Helle, Nadine ^f   Schnohr, Christina ^f   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^f   Cavallo, Franco ^f   Gobina, Inese ^f   Vollebergh, Wilma ^f   Van Dorsselaer, Saskia ^f   Mazur, Joanna ^f   Gaspar, Tania ^f   Mih, Viorel ^f   Szentagotai, Aurora ^f   Kallay, Eva ^f   Jericek, Helena ^f   Stergar, Eva ^f   Pucelj, Vesna ^f   Ramos, Pilar ^f   Alikasifoglu, Mujgan ^f   Erginoz, Ethem ^f   Overpeck, Mary ^f   more..

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Differential item functioning; HBSC Health Survey; International comparison; Rasch analysis; Subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44649135281     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn001     Document Type: Article

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