Psychosocial determinants of headache, abdominal pain, and sleep problems in a community sample of Finnish adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 301-313

  Luntamo, Terhi ^a   Sourander, Andre ^a   Rihko, Maria ^a   Aromaa, Minna ^a,b   Helenius, Hans ^a   Koskelainen, Merja ^c   McGrath, Patrick J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Adolescent; Headache; Psychology; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL STRESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; VICTIMIZATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865116577     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0261-1     Document Type: Article

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