School environment and the mental health of sexual minority youths: A study among dutch young adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1696-1700

  Sandfort, Theo G M ^a   Bos, Henny M W ^b   Collier, Kate L ^a   Metselaar, Marijke ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77956240783     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.183095     Document Type: Article

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