Happiness and health behaviour in Iranian adolescent girls

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1187-1192

  Fararouei, M ^a   Brown, I J ^b   Akbartabar Toori, M ^a   Estakhrian Haghighi, R ^c   Jafari, J ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Family; Girls; Happiness; Health behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE;

FAMILY; GIRLS; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885453717     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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