The relationships between quality of life and anxiety symptoms and the moderating effects of socio-demographic characteristics in Taiwanese adolescents

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1071-1078

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Yang, Pinchen ^a,b   Ko, Chih Hung ^a,b   Yen, Ju Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Fan Ching ^a   Wu, Yu Yu ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; Multidimensional anxiety scale for children; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052325694     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9843-x     Document Type: Article

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