Connectedness, belonging and feelings about school among healthy and chronically ill Icelandic schoolchildren

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-471

  Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Feelings about school; Healthy and chronically ill preteenagers; School connectedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 49749140764     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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