Perceived school safety is strongly associated with adolescent mental health problems

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-134

  Nijs, Miesje M ^a   Bun, Clothilde J E ^b   Tempelaar, Wanda M ^c   De Wit, Niek J ^a   Burger, Huibert ^d   Plevier, Carolien M ^b   Boks, Marco P M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Mental health; Prevention; School safety; SDQ

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895002398     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9599-1     Document Type: Article

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