Emotional and behavioral problems in migrant children and adolescents in Europe: A systematic review

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 373-391

  Belhadj Kouider, Esmahan ^a   Koglin, Ute ^a   Petermann, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Emotional and behavioral problems; Migration; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EUROPE; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85031975591     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0485-8     Document Type: Review

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