Traditional and cyberbullying victimization as correlates of psychosocial distress and barriers to a healthy lifestyle among severely obese adolescents - A matched case-control study on prevalence and results from a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Desmet, Ann ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a   Hublet, Anne ^a   Tanghe, Ann ^b   Stremersch, Evi ^b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Public Health Ghent University ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cyberbullying; Healthy lifestyle; Obesity; Peer victimization; Physical activity; Psychosocial functioning; Quality of life; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; BULLYING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; BULLYING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84898598983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-224     Document Type: Article

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