Mediating effects of bullying involvement on the relationship of body mass index with social phobia, depression, suicidality, and self-esteem and sex differences in adolescents in Taiwan

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-526

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Liu, Tai Ling ^a,b   Ko, Chih Hung ^a,b,c   Wu, Yu Yu ^d   Cheng, Chung Ping ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d YuNing Psychiatry Clinic   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Bullying; Depression; Self esteem; Sex; Social phobia; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; VICTIM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BULLYING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84898542889     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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