School differences in adolescent health and wellbeing: Findings from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 850-858

  Saab, Hana ^a   Klinger, Don ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Canada; Health; Multilevel; Neighbourhood; School; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; EMOTION; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; WELLBEING; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77950352379     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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