Action and coping planning with regard to dental brushing among Iranian adolescents

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-187

  Pakpour, Amir H ^a   Hidarnia, Alireza ^b   Hajizadeh, Ebrahim ^b   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^c  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; behavioral science; oral health; planning; tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL PLAQUE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SELF REPORT; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84855900261     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.596551     Document Type: Article

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