Psychological distress, television viewing, and physical activity in children aged 4 to 12 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1263-1268

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^a   Mishra, Gita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Mental health; Physical activity; Sedentary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66049141670     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1523     Document Type: Article

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