Mental health of children and adolescents in 12 European countries - Results from the European KIDSCREEN Study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a   Erhart, Michael ^a   Gosch, Angela ^b   Wille, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 47249165719     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.574     Document Type: Article

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