Self-assessment of the quality of life of children and adolescents in the child welfare system of Serbia;Samoprocena kvaliteta života dece i adolescenata u sistemu socijalne zaštite Srbije

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Damnjanović, Maja ^a   Lakić, Aneta ^a   Stevanović, Dejan ^b   Jovanović, Ana ^a   Jančić, Jasna ^a   Jovanović, Mirjana ^a   Leposavić, Ljubica ^c  

^a Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth   (Serbia)

^b General Hospital Sombor   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Abandoned; Adolescent; Child; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SERBIA;

EID: 84861849803     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP1206469D     Document Type: Article

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