What makes the everyday life of Swedish adolescent girls less stressful: A qualitative analysis

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-199

  Haraldsson, Katarina ^a,b,c   Lindgren, Eva Carin ^a,c   Hildingh, Cathrine ^a,c   Marklund, Bertil ^a,b  

^a General Practice and Public Health   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Health promotion; Qualitative content analysis; Stress prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; SWEDEN; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 77952917696     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap061     Document Type: Article

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