Validity and stability of self-reported health among adolescents in a longitudinal, nationally representative survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Fosse, Nathan E ^a,b,d   Haas, Steven A ^c  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Adolescent obesity; Parental perception; Survey; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; VALIDITY; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149099898     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1552     Document Type: Article

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