Trends in life satisfaction in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in over 30 countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-82

  Cavallo, Franco ^a   Dalmasso, Paola ^a   Ottová Jordan, Veronika ^b   Brooks, Fiona ^c   Mazur, Joanna ^d   Välimaa, Raili ^e   Gobina, Inese ^f   De Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^g,h   Raven Sieberer, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84926672419     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv014     Document Type: Review

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