Prevalence of psychosomatic and emotional symptoms in European school-aged children and its relationship with childhood adversities: Results from the IDEFICS study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 253-265

  Vanaelst, Barbara ^a,b   De Vriendt, Tineke ^a,b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^c   Bammann, Karin ^c   Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos ^d   Konstabel, Kenn ^e   Lissner, Lauren ^f   Michels, Nathalie ^a   Molnar, Denes ^g   Moreno, Luis A ^h   Reisch, Lucia ⁱ   Siani, Alfonso ^j   Sioen, Isabelle ^a,b   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^d Research and education institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

ⁱ Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Adversities; Child; Epidemiology; Life events; Psychosomatic and emotional symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINDL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MEASURING HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOM; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

EID: 84862905941     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0258-9     Document Type: Article

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