Mental well-being and subjective health of 11- to 15-year-old boys and girls in Scotland, 19942006

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-610

  Levin, Kate A ^a   Currie, Candace ^a   Muldoon, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Mental health; Multilevel modelling; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 71449086384     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp046     Document Type: Article

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