Internalizing disorders and quality of life in adolescence: evidence for independent associations

Objective: To investigate whether internalizing disorders are associated with quality of life (QoL) in adolescents, even after accounting for shared risk factors. Methods: The sample comprised 102 adolescents from a community cross-sectional study with an oversampling of anxious subjects. Risk facto...

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Main Authors: Giovanni A. Salum, Diogo A. DeSousa, Vera L. Bosa, Ilaine Schuch, Marcelo Goldani, Luciano R. Isolan, Stefania P. Teche, Marcelo P. Fleck, Luis A. Rohde, Gisele G. Manfro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462014000500305&lng=en&tlng=en