Ethnic density in school classes and adolescent mental health

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Gieling, Maike ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma ^a   Van Dorsselaer, Saskia ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic density; Externalising problems; Internalising problems; Multilevel; School related context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77954563984     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0105-6     Document Type: Article

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