Development and validation of the Arab youth mental health scale

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-340

  Makhoul, Jihad ^a   Nakkash, Rima T ^a   El Hajj, Taghreed ^a   Abdulrahim, Sawsan ^a   Kanj, Mayada ^a   Mahfoud, Ziyad ^a   Afifi, Rema A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab; Mental health; Validation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959697186     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9312-6     Document Type: Article

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