Adolescent health behavior, contentment in school, and academic achievement

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-79

  Kristjánsson, Álfgeir Logi ^a,b   Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra ^a   Allegrante, John P ^a,c,d   Helgason, Ásgeir R ^a,b,e  

^a REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^e Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Health behavior; School health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ICELAND; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 60749087732     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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