The role of individual and macro-level social determinants on young adolescents' psychosomatic complaints

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-158

  Ottova, Veronika ^a   Erhart, Michael ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma ^b   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^c,d   Morgan, Antony ^e   Gobina, Inese ^f   Jericek, Helena ^g   Cavallo, Franco ^h   Välimaa, Raili ⁱ   de Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^j,k   Gaspar, Tania ^j,k   Schnohr, Christina W ^l   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

family; peers; school context; stressors; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857524343     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431611419510     Document Type: Article

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