Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour: an evolutionary approach

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-608

  Whitehead, Ross ^a   Currie, Dorothy ^a   Inchley, Jo ^a   Currie, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic expectations; Adolescent; Health behaviour; Life history theory; Risk behaviour; Temporal orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84933183340     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9     Document Type: Article

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