Adolescents' psychological health complaints and the economic recession in late 2007: A multilevel study in 31 countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 961-967

  Pfoertner, Timo Kolja ^a   Rathmann, Katharina ^a   Elgar, Frank J ^b   De Looze, Margaretha ^c   Hofmann, Felix ^d   Ottova Jordan, Veronika ^e   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^e   Bosakova, Lucia ^f,g   Currie, Candace ^h   Richter, Matthias ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922444419     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku056     Document Type: Article

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