Self-reported peer victimization and child mental health: Results of a cross-sectional survey among French primary school children

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-309

  Shojaei, Taraneh ^a   Wazana, Ashley ^b   Pitrou, Isabelle ^a   Gilbert, Fabien ^a   Kovess, Viviane ^a  

^a Fondation MGEN Pour la Sante Publique   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Child psychiatry; Health care services; School aged children; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 69349096292     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181ad1e1a     Document Type: Article

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