The contextual effect of school satisfaction on health-risk behaviors in Japanese high school students

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 544-551

  Takakura, Minoru ^a   Wake, Norie ^a   Kobayashi, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Risk behaviors; Smoking and tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 78650395927     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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