The effects of individual factors and school environment on mental health and prejudiced attitudes among Norwegian adolescents

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-577

  Andersson, Helle Wessel ^a   Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon ^a,c   Kaspersen, Silje Lill ^a   Wang, Catharina E A ^b   Skre, Ingunn ^b   Dahl, Thomas ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health; Multilevel regression analysis; Prejudiced attitudes; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77953273269     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0099-0     Document Type: Article

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