Cross-national comparison of the link between socioeconomic status and emotional and behavioral problems in youths

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-172

  Van Oort, Floor V A ^a   Van Der Ende, Jan ^a   Wadsworth, Martha E ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Achenbach, Thomas M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Prospective; Psychopathology; Socioeconomic; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951813841     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0191-5     Document Type: Article

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