Internet sites offering adolescents help with headache, abdominal pain, and dysmenorrhoea: A description of content, quality, and peer interactions

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-271

  Henderson, Ellen M ^a   Rosser, Benjamin A ^a   Keogh, Edmund ^a   Eccleston, Christopher ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; content analysis; dysmenorrhoea; headache; information seeking; online pain material; support seeking; teenagers; thematic analysis; user perspective

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84858431439     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr100     Document Type: Article

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