GHQ increases among Scottish 15 year olds 1987-2006

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 579-586

  Sweeting, Helen ^a   Young, Robert ^a   West, Patrick ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Gender differences; GHQ 12; Time trends; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649327432     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0462-6     Document Type: Article

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