The meaning of stress from schoolchildren's perspective

Stress and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Kostenius, Catrine ^a   Öhrling, Kerstin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Lived experience; Phenomenological hermeneutic analysis; Schoolchildren; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 56749186482     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1180     Document Type: Article

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