Relationship between life events and psychosomatic complaints during adolescence/youth: A structural equation model approach

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-205

  Villalonga Olives, Ester ^a,b   Forero, Carlos G ^a,b   Erhart, Michael ^c   Palacio Vieira, Jorge A ^d   Valderas, José M ^a,b,e   Herdman, Michael ^a,b   Ferrer, Montserrat ^a,b,f   Rajmil, Luís ^a,b,d   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^a,b,g  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Catalan Agency for Health Information   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Home life; Life events; Psychosomatic complaints; Socioeconomic factors; Structural equation modeling; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960738854     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.11.260     Document Type: Article

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