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Last updated: 20 March 2008
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Published: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 1986-2002
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Articles in Press:

Goldstein H, Carpenter J, Kenward MG, Levin KA (in press) Multilevel models with multivariate mixed response types. Statistical Modelling.

Boyce W, Diane Davies D, Owen Gallupe O, Shelley D (in press) Adolescent Risk Taking, Neighborhood Social Capital, and Health. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.014

Jiang X, Li D, Boyce WF, Pickett W (in press) Alcohol consumption and injury among Canadian adolescents: variations across the urban-rural gradient. Journal of Rural Health.

Kuntsche E, Overpeck M & Dallago L (in press) Television viewing, computer use and hostile perception of classmates among adolescents from 34 countries. Swiss Journal of Psychology.

Matos MG, Gaspar T, Simons-Morton B, Reis M & Ramiro L (in press). Communication about information about "safer sex": intervention iIssues within communities living in poorer neighbourhoods in Portugal, Journal of Poverty (USA).

Pickett W, Simons-Morton B, Dostaler S, Iannotti R (in press) Social determinants of aggression in Canada and the United States. Journal of School Health.

Raman S, Boyce WF, Pickett W (in press) Associations between multiple risk behaviour and injury among adolescents with self-identified disabilities. Journal of School Health.

Santinello M, Vieno A and De Vogli R (in press). Primary headache in Italian early adolescents: the role of perceived teacher unfairness. Headache.

Schnohr C, Kreiner S, Due P, Currie C, Boyce W and Diderichsen F (2007) Differential item functioning of a family affluence scale: Validation study on data from HBSC 2001/02. Social Indicators Research, Published online: 24 November 2007, doi: 10.1007/s11205-007-9221-4

New Articles, (2008)

Bruner MW, Lawson J, Pickett W, Boyce WF, Janssen I (2008) Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be overweight and obese compared with urban adolescents. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity.

Currie C, Molcho M, Boyce W, Holstein B, Torsheim T, Richter M (2008) Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the HBSC Family Affluence Scale. Social Science and Medicine, 66 (6), 1429-1436. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.024

Godeau E, Nic Gabhainn S, Vignes C, Ross J, Boyce W, Todd J (2008) Contraceptive use by 15 year old students at their last sexual intercourse. Results from 24 countries. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 162 (1), 66-73

Holstein BE, Andersen A, Krølner R, Due P, Hansen EH (2008) Young adolescents’ use of medicine for headache: Sources of supply, availability and accessibility at home. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 17(4), 406-410. doi: 10.1002/pds.1563

Holstein BE, Hansen EH, Andersen A, Due P (2008) Self-rated health as predictor of medicine use in adolescence. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 17, 186-92.

Levin KA and Currie C (2008) Inequalities in toothbrushing among adolescents in Scotland, 1998-2006. Health Education Research. Advance Access published on January 31, 2008. doi:10.1093/her/cym096

Nation M, Vieno A, Perkins DD and Santinello M (2008) Bullying in school and adolescent sense of empowerment: an analysis of relationships with parents, friends, and teachers. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18(3), 211-232. doi:10.1002/casp.921

Ravens-Sieberer U, Erhart M, Torsheim T, Hetland J, Freeman J, Danielson M, Thomas C and the HBSC Positive Health Group (2008) An international scoring system for self-reported health complaints in adolescents.The European Journal of Public Health, 18(3), 294-9. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn001

Rasmussen M, Krølner R, Svastisalee CM, Due P, Holstein BE (2008) Secular trends in fruit intake among Danish schoolchildren, 1988 to 2006: Changing habits or methodological artefacts? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 5:6. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-6

Schnohr C, Kreiner S, Rasmussen M, Due P, Currie C, Diderichsen F (2008) The role of national policies intended to regulate adolescent smoking in explaining the prevalence of daily smoking: a study of adolescents from 27 European countries. Addiction, 103 (5), 824–831. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02161.x

Simões C, Batista-Foguet JM, Matos MG, Calmeiro L (2008) Alcohol use and abuse in adolescence: proposal of an alternative analysis. Child: Care, Health and Development, 34(3), 291-301. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00808.x

Simões C, Batista-Foguet JM, Matos M, & Calmeiro L (2008) Alcohol use and abuse in adolescence: Proposal of an alternative analysis. Child: Care, Health and Development, 34(3), 291-301.

Simões C, Matos MG, Tomé G & Ferreira M (2008) Impact of Negative Life Events on Positive Health in a population of adolescents with special needs, and protective factors. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 8(1), 53-65.


Published Articles, 2007 (26 articles)

Alikasifoglu M, Erginoz E, Ercan O, Uysal O & Albayrak-Kaymak D (2007) Bullying behaviours and psychosocial health: results from a cross-sectional survey among high school students in Istanbul, Turkey. European Journal of Pediatrics, 166 (12), 1253-1260.

Andersen A, Holstein BE, and Due P (2007) School-related risk factors for drunkenness among adolescents: risk factors differ between socio-economic groups. The European Journal of Public Health, 17(1), 27-32.
doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl071

Andersen A, Krølner R, Holstein BE, Due P, Hansen EH (2007) Medicine Use Among 11- and 13-years-old: agreement between parents’ reports and children's self-reports. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 41(4), 581-6.

Borup I, Holstein BE (2007) Schoolchildren who are victims of bullying report benefit from health dialogues with the school health nurse. Health Education Journal, 66, 58-67.

Due P, Heitmann BL, Sørensen TIA (2007) Prevalence of Obesity in Denmark. Obesity Reviews, 8, 187-9.

Due P, Hansen EH, Merlo J, Andersen A, Holstein BE (2007) Is victimization from bullying associated with medicine use among adolescents? A nationally representative cross-sectional survey in Denmark. Pediatrics, 120(1), 110-117.

Godeau E, Vignes C, ter Bogt T, Nic Gabhainn S, Navarro F (2007) Cannabis use by 15-year old schoolchildren. Data from the HBSC/WHO international survey in 32 countries. Alcohol and Addiction, 29, 28S-34S.

Gonçalves S & Matos MG (2007) Bullying in Schools: Predictors and Profiles. Results of the Portuguese Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey. International Journal of Violence and School (4), 91-108.

Holstein BE, Hansen EH, Andersen A, Due P (2007) Self-rated health as predictor of medicine use in adolescence. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 16: 1-7. DOI: 10.1002/pds.1529

Hublet A, De Bacquer D, Boyce W, Godeau E, Schmid H, Vereecken C, De Baets F and Maes L (2007) Smoking in young people with asthma. Journal of Public Health (4), 343-9. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm047

Janssen I, Dostaler S, Boyce WF, Pickett W (2007) Influence of multiple risk behaviors on physical activity related injuries in adolescents. Pediatrics, 119: e672-e680.

McGrath, B. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2007). Friendships and perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban children and adolescents in Ireland. Administration, 53(3), 205-226.

Meland E, Haugland S and Breidablik H-J (2007) Body Image and perceived health in adolescence. Health Education Research, 22(3), 342-350.

Molcho M, Nic Gabhainn S & Kelleher C (2007) Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: The more the merrier. Irish Medical Journal 100(8), 33-36.

Molcho M, Nic Gabhainn S & Kelleher C (2007) Assessing the use of the Family Affluence scale among Irish School Children. Irish Medical Journal 100(8), 37-39.

Molcho M, Nic Gabhainn S, Kelly C, Friel S, Kelleher C (2007) Food poverty among Irish adolescents. Public Health Nutrition, 10(4), 364-370.

Nation M, Vieno A, Perkins DD & Santinello M. (2007) Bullying in School and Adolescent Sense of Empowerment: An Analysis of Relationships with Parents, Friends, and Teachers. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.Published Online: 25 Nov 2007. DOI: 10.1002/casp.921

Ojala K, Vereecken C, Välimaa R, Currie C, Villberg J, Tynjälä J, Kannas L (2007) Attempts to lose weight among overweight and non-overweight adolescents: a cross national survey. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4:50. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-50

Raman S, Boyce WF, Pickett W (2007) Injury among 1107 Canadian students with self-identified disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation. Feb 23 (1-9).

Richter M and Leppin A (2007) Trends in socio-economic differences in tobacco smoking among German schoolchildren, 1994–2002. European Journal of Public Health 17: 565-571, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm010

Roberts C, Currie C, Samdal O, Currie D, Smith R & Maes L (2007) Measuring the health and health behaviours of adolescents through cross-national survey research: recent developments in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Journal of Public Health, 15(3), 179-186.

Samdal O, Tynjälä J, Roberts C, Sallis J, Villberg J & Wold B (2007): Trends in Vigorous Physical Activity and TV Watching of Adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in 7 European Countries. European Journal of Public Health, 17(3), 242-248.doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl245

Spriggs AL, Iannotti R, Nansel TR & Haynie DL (2007) Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Perceived Family, Peer and School Relations: Commonalities and Differences Across Race/Ethnicity. The Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(3), 283-293

Vieno A, Nation M, Perkins DD & Santinello M. (2007) Civic participation and the development of adolescent behavior problems. Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 761-777.

Vieno A, Santinello M, Pastore M & Perkins DD (2007). Social support, sense of community in school, and self-efficacy as resources during early adolescence: An integrative, developmentally oriented model. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 177-190.

Zaborskis A, Zemaitiene N, Borup I, Kuntsche E & Moreno C (2007) Family joint activities in a cross-national perspective. BMC Public Health 7:94. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-94

Zambon A et al (2007) Parental social class and adolescents’ health in Italy: the role of self-esteem and self-efficacy. Italian Journal of Public Health, 4(3), 220-226.


Published Articles, 2006 (39 articles)

Andersen A, Holstein BE and Hansen EH (2006) Is Medicine Use in Adolescence Risk Behavior? Cross-Sectional Survey of School-Aged Children from 11 to 15. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(3), 362-366.

Borup I and Holstein BE (2006) Does poor school satisfaction inhibit positive outcome of health promotion at school? A cross-sectional study of schoolchildren’s response to health dialogues with school health nurses. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38(6), 758-760.

Boyce W, Torsheim T, Currie C and Zambon A (2006) The Family Affluence Scale as a Measure of National Wealth: Validation of an Adolescent Self-reported Measure. Social Indicators Research, 78(3), 473-487. doi: 10.1007/s11205-005-1607-6

Cavallo F, Zambon A, Borraccino A, Ravens-Sieberer U, Torsheim T, Lemma P (2006) Girls growing through adolescence have a higher risk of poor health. Quality of Life Research, 15(10), 1577-1585.

Dias SF, Matos MG, Gonçalves AC (2006) AIDS-related stigma and attitudes towards AIDS-infected people among adolescents. AIDS Care, 18(3), 208-214.

Gaspar de Matos M, Dadds M, Barrett P (2006) Family-School Issues on Adolescents Mental Health, Highlights from Portuguese National Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Survey. Journal of Family Studies, 12 (2).

Godeau E, Vignes C, ter Bogt T, Nic Ghabhainn S, Navarro F (2006) Cannabis use in 15 year old students, results from 32 Western countries in the International HBSC/OMS survey. Alcoologie et Addictologie, 28(2), 135-142.

Hublet et al (2006) Gender and age-specific prevalence of diagnosed asthma and asthmatic symptoms in young people in 6 Western countries (article in english). Revue d'épidémiologie et de santé publique, 54(4), 305-312.

Hublet A, De Bacquer D, Valimaa R, Godeau E, Schmid H, Rahav G and Maes L (2006) Smoking trends among adolescents from 1990 to 2002 in ten European countries and Canada. BMC Public Health; 6: 280.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-280


Janssen I, Boyce W, Simpson K, Pickett W (2006) Influence of individual- and area-level measures of socioeconomic status on obesity, unhealthy eating, and physical inactivity in Canadian adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: 83: 139-145.

Kokkevi A, Nic Gabhainn S, Spyropoulou M and the Risk Behaviour Focus Group of the HBSC (2006) Early Initiation of Cannabis Use: A Cross-national European Perspective. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39 (5), 712-719. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.05.009

Kuendig H. & Kuntsche E (2006) Family bonding and adolescent alcohol use: Moderating effect of living with excessive drinking parents. Alcohol & Alcoholism 41(4), 464-471.

Kuntsche E, Pickett W, Overpeck M, Craig W, Boyce W, Gaspar de Matos M (2006) Television viewing and forms of bullying among adolescents from 8 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39 (6), 908-915.

Kuntsche E, Delgrande Jordan M (2006) Adolescent alcohol and cannabis use in relation to peer and school factors. Results of multilevel analyses. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 84 (2), 167-174.

Kuntsche E and Gmel G (2006) Changes in adolescents' reasons for drinking from 1994 to 2002 in Switzerland and associations with alcohol use . Journal of Adolescent Health, 39 (5), 705-711. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.05.003 

Kuntsche, E. N. & Kuendig, H (2006) What is worse? A hierarchy of family-related risk factors predicting alcohol use in adolescence. Substance Use & Misuse, 41(1), 71-86.

Maes L, Vereecken C, Vanobbergen J, Honkala S (2006) Tooth brushing and social characteristics of families in 32 countries. International Dental Journal, 56, 159-167.

Mark AE, Boyce WF, Janssen I (2006) Television viewing, computer use, and total screen time in Canadian youth. Paediatrics & Child Health, 11, 595-599.

Matos MG, Dadds M & Barrett P (2006) Family-school issues and the mental health of adolescents: post hoc analysis from the Portuguese National Health Behaviour in School aged children survey. Journal of Family Studies, (2), 261-274.

Molcho M, Harel Y, Pickett W, Scheidt PC, Mazur J, Overpeck MD (2006) The epidemiology of non fatal injuries among 11, 13 and 15 year old youth in 11 Countries: Findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey. International journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 13(4), 205-211.

Monshouwer K et al (2006). Cannabis use and mental health in secondary school children: Findings from a Dutch survey. British Journal of Psychiatry 188, 148-153.

Orbeta RL, Overpeck MD, Ramcharran D, Kogan MD, Ledsky R (2006) High caffeine intake in adolescents: associations with difficulty sleeping and feeling tired in the morning. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38(4):451-3.

Pickett W, Dostaler S, Janssen I, Craig W, Simpson K, Shelley D, Boyce WF (2006) Associations between risk behaviour and injury and the protective roles of social environments: an analysis of 7,235 Canadian school-aged children. Injury Prevention, 12(2):87-92

Richter M, Leppin A, Nic Gabhainn S (2006) The relationship between parental socio-economic status and episodes of drunkenness among adolescents: findings from a cross-national survey. BMC Public Health, 6: 289. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-289

Schnohr C & Niclasen B (2006) Bullying among Greenlandic school-children: Development since 1994 and relations to health and health behaviours . International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 65 (4), p305-312.

Simpson K, Janssen I, Boyce W & Pickett W (2006) Risk taking and recurrent health symptoms in Canadians adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 43 (1), p.46-51.

Ter Bogt T, van Dorsselaer S, Monshouwer K, Verdurmen J, Engels R and Vollebergh W (2006) Body Mass Index and Body Weight Perception as Risk Factors for Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behavior Among Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health (39),1, p.27-34.

Ter Bogt T, Schmid H, Nic Gabhainn S, Fotiou A, Vollebergh W. (2006) Economic and cultural correlates of cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries. Addiction, 101, 241-251.

Thompson DR, Iachan R, Overpeck M, Ross JG & Gross LA (2006) School Connectedness in the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Study: The Role of Student, School, and School Neighborhood Characteristics. Journal of School Health, Vol 76, No 7, p.379-386

Torsheim T, Currie C, Boyce W & Samdal O (2006) Country material distribution and adolescents' perceived health: Multilevel study of adolescents in twenty-seven countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60: 156-161.
doi:10.1136/jech.2005.037655

Torsheim T, Ravens-Sieberer U, Hetland J, Välimaa R, Danielson M and Overpeck M (2006) Cross-national variation of gender differences in adolescent subjective health in Europe and North America. Social Science & Medicine Vol 62 (4), p.815-827
doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.047

Vereecken C, Maes L. (2006) Comparison of a computer administered and paper and pencil administered questionnaire on health and lifestyle behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol 38, 426-432.

Vereecken C, Todd J, Roberts C, Mulvihill C, Maes L (2006) TV viewing behaviour and associations with food habits in different countries. Public Health Nutrition, 9(2):244-50

Volk A, Craig W, Boyce W, King M (2006) Adolescent risk correlates of bullying and different types of victimization. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 18(4):575-86.

Volk A, Craig W, Boyce W, King M (2006) Perceptions of parents, mental health and school among Canadian adolescents from the provinces and the northern territories. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 21, 33-47.

Vollebergh W et al (2006). Mental health problems in early adolescents in the Netherlands - differences between school and household surveys.Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 41: 156-163.

Zaborskis A, Lenciauskiene I (2006) Health Behavior among Lithuania's Adolescents in Context of European Union. Croatian Medical Journal; 47(2):335-43.

Zaborskis A, Sumskas L, Maser M, Pudule I. (2006) Trends in drinking habits among adolescents in the Baltic countries over the period of transition: HBSC survey results, 1993-2002. BMC Public Health, 6(1), 67

Zambon A, Boyce W, Cois E, Currie C, Lemma P, Dalmasso P, Borraccion A and Cavallo F (2006) Do welfare regimes mediate the effect of socio-economic position on health in adolescence? A cross-national comparison in Europe, North America and Israel. International Journal of Health Services (36), 2, p.309-329

Zambon A, Lemma P, Borraccino A, Dalmasso P and Cavallo F (2006) Socio-economic position and adolescents' health in Italy: the role of the quality of social relations. The European Journal of Public Health, 16(6), 627-632. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl051


Published Articles, 2005 (25 articles)

Dias S, Matos MG, Gonçalves A (2005) Preventing HIV transmission in adolescents: an analysis of the Portuguese data of Health Behaviour School Aged Children study and focus groups. The European Journal of Public Health, 15 (3):300-304; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki085

Due P, Holstein BE, Lynch J, Diderichsen F, Nic Gabhain S, Scheidt P, Currie C and The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Bullying Working Group (2005) Bullying and Symptoms among School-Aged Children: International Comparative Cross Sectional Study in 28 Countries. European Journal of Public Health, 15:128 - 132.

Elgar F, Moore L, Roberts C, Tudor-Smith C (2005) Validity of self-reported height and weight and predictors of bias in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37 (5): 371-375. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.07.014

Elgar FJ, Roberts C, Parry-Langdon N and Boyce W (2005) Income inequality and alcohol use: a multilevel analysis of drinking and drunkenness in adolescents in 34 countries. The European Journal of Public Health, 15 (3): 245-250; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki093

Elgar FJ, Roberts C, Moore L, Tudor-Smith C (2005) Sedentary behaviour, physical activity and weight problems in adolescents in Wales. Public Health (6) 119, 519-525. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2004.10.011

Fonseca H, Gaspar de Matos M (2005) Perception of overweight and obesity among Portuguese adolescents: an overview of associated factors. The European Journal of Public Health, 15 (3): 323-328; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki071

Godeau E, Vignes C, Navarro F, Iachan R, Ross J, Pasquier C,Guinard A (2005) Effects of a Large-Scale Industrial Disaster on Rates of Symptoms Consistent With Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Among Schoolchildren in Toulouse. Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine, 159: 579 - 584.

Holstein BE, Hansen EH (2005). Self-reported medicine use among adolescents from ethnic minority groups. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 61: 69-70.

Inchley JC, Currie DB, Todd JM, Akhtar PC, Currie CE (2005) Persistent socio-demographic differences in physical activity among Scottish schoolchildren 1990-2002. European Journal of Public Health,15(4):386-388; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki084

Janssen I, Katzmarzyk P, Boyce W, Vereecken C, Mulvihill C, Roberts C, Currie C, Pickett W, The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Obesity Working Group (2005) Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns. Obesity Reviews, 6 (2) p123.
doi:10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00176.x

Klein KS, Thompson D, Scheidt PC, Overpeck MD, Gross LA and the HBSC International Investigators. (2005). Factors associated with bicycle helmet use among young adolescents in a multinational sample. Injury Prevention, 11, 288-293.

Koven R, McColl MA, Ellis P and Pickett W (2005) Multiple risk behaviour and its association with head and neck injuries: a national analysis of young Canadians. Preventive Medicine, Vol. 41 (1), 240-246.

Kuntsche E, Kuendig H (2005) Does school surrounding matter? Alcohol outlet density, perception of adolescent drinking in public, and adolescent alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 30(1), 151-158.
doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.04.021

Pickett W, Craig W, Harel Y, Cunningham J, Simpson K, Molcho M, Mazur J, Dostaler S, Overpeck M, Currie C on behalf of the HBSC Violence and Injuries Writing Group (2005) Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury. Pediatrics, Vol. 116, No. 6, December 2005, pp. e855-e863

Pickett W, Molcho M, Simpson K, Janssen I, Kuntsche E, Mazur J, Harel Y and Boyce W (2005) Cross-national study of injury and social determinants in adolescents. Injury Prevention, 11: 213 - 218 (BMJ Publications).
doi:10.1136/ip.2004.007021

Rasmussen M, Damsgaard MT, Holstein BE, Poulsen LH, Due P (2005). School connectedness and daily smoking among boys and girls: the influence of parental smoking norms. European Journal of Public Health,15: 607 - 612.
doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki039

Santos MP, Matos MG, Mota J (2005) Seasonal variations in Portuguese adolescents' organized and non-organized physical activities. Pediatric Exercise Science, 17, 390-398, Human Kinetics, Inc.

Simpson K, Jansen I, Craig W, Pickett W (2005) Multilevel analysis of associations between socioeconomic status and injury among Canadian adolescents. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health;59 (12):1072-1077.

Verdurmen J et al (2005). Alcohol use and mental health in adolescents: interactions with age and gender - findings from the Dutch 2001 HBSC survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 66: 605-609.

Vereecken CA, De Henauw S, Maes L (2005) Adolescents' food habits: results of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. British Journal of Nutrition. 94(3):423-431

Vereecken CA, Inchley J, Subramanian SV, Hublet A, Maes L (2005) The relative influence of individual and contextual socio-economic status on consumption of fruit and soft drinks among adolescents in Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 15 (3): 224 - 232.

Vereecken C, Bobelijn K, Maes L (2005) School food policy at primary and secondary schools in Belgium-Flanders: does it influence young people's food habits? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59, 271 - 277.

Vieno A, Perkins DD, Smith TM& Santinello M. (2005). Democratic School Climate and Sense of Community in School: A Multilevel Analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 327-341.

Zaborskis A, Cirtautiene L, Žemaitiene N (2005) Bullying in Lithuanian schools in 1994–2002. Medicina (Kaunas); 41 (7): 614-620.

Zemaitiene N, Zaborskis A (2005) Suicidal tendencies and attitude towards freedom to choose suicide among Lithuanian schoolchildren: results from three cross-sectional studies in 1994, 1998, and 2002. BMC Public Health,11;5:83.


Published Articles, 2004 (29 articles)

Alexander LM & Currie C (2004) Young people's computer use: implications for Health Education. Health Education Vol. 104, No 4. DOI: 10.1108/09654280410546745

Alikasifoglu M, Erginoz E, Ercan O, Uysal O, Albayrak-Kaymak D, Ilter O.(2004) Alcohol drinking behaviors among Turkish high school students. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 46(1):44-53.

Alikasifoglu M, Erginoz E, Ercan O, Uysal O, Kaymak DA, Ilter O (2004) Violent behaviour among Turkish high school students and correlates of physical fighting. European Journal of Public health, 14(2):173-7.

Batista-Foguet JM, Fortiana J, Currie C, and Villalbi JR (2004) Socioeconomic indexes in surveys for comparisons between countries. An applied comparison using the Family Affluence Scale. Social Indicators Research Vol 67, Issue 3, p315-332.

Borup I, Holstein B (2004) Social class variations in schoolchildren's self-reported outcome of the health dialogue with the school health nurse. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 18, 343-350

Cabak A, Woynarowska B (2004) Physical activity of youth aged 11-15 years in year 2002 in Poland and other countries, Physical Education and Sport; 4: 361-365 (in Polish and in English)

Erginoz E, Alikasifoglu M, Ercan O, Uysal O, Ercan G, Albayrak Kaymak D, Ilter O.(2004) Perceived health status in a Turkish adolescent sample: risk and protective factors. European Journal of Pediatrics, 163(8):485-94.

Ghandour RM, Overpeck MD, Huang ZJ, Kogan MD, Scheidt PC (2004) Headache, stomachache, backache, and morning fatigue among adolescent girls in the United States: associations with behavioral, sociodemographic, and environmental factors. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med; 158 (8):797-803.

Hagquist C, Andrich D (2004) Measuring subjective health among adolescents in Sweden. Social Indicators Research, Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages: 201-220

Holstein BE, Hansen EH, Due P (2004) Social class variation in medicine use among adolescents. The European Journal of Public Health, 14 (1): 49-52

Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Boyce WF, King MA, Pickett W (2004) Overweight and obesity in Canadian adolescents and their associations with dietary habits and physical activity patterns. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 35, Issue 5, pages 360-367

Janssen I, Wendy M. Craig, William F. Boyce, and William Pickett (2004) Associations Between Overweight and Obesity With Bullying Behaviors in School-Aged Children. Pediatrics ;113 1187-1194.
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Janssen I, Katzmarzyk P, Boyce W, Pickett W (2004). The independent influence of physical inactivity and obesity on health complaints in 6th to 10th grade Canadian youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1 (4), 331-343.

Kuntsche, E. N. & Klingemann, H. K.-H. (2004). Weapon-carrying at Swiss Schools? A gender-specific typology in context of victim and offender related violence. Journal of Adolescence, 27(4), 381-393.

Kuntsche, E. N. & Silbereisen, R. K. (2004). Parental closeness and adolescent substance use in single and two-parent families in Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 63(2), 85-92.

doi:10.1024/1421-0185.63.2.85

Kuntsche, E. N. (2004). Progression of a general substance use pattern among adolescents in Switzerland? Investigating the relationship between alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use over a 12 year period. European Addiction Research, 10, 118-125.

Kuntsche, E. N. & Gmel, G. (2004). Emotional well-being and violence among social and solitary risky single occasion drinkers in adolescence. Addiction, 99(3), 331-339.
doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00653.x

Kuntsche, E. N. (2004). Hostility among adolescents in Switzerland? Multivariate relations between excessive media use and forms of violence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34(3), 230-236.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.05.001

Lissau I, Overpeck M, Ruan WJ, Due P, Holstein BE.(2004) Body Mass Index and Overweight in Adolescents in 13 European Countries, Israel, and the United States. Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine ;158:27-33

Nansel TR, Craig W, Overpeck MD, Saluja G, Ruan J and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Bullying Analyses Working Group (2004) Cross-national consistency in relationship between bullying behaviors and psychosocial adjustment. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.;158:730-746.

Saluja G, Iachan R, Scheidt PC, Overpeck MD, Sun W, Giedd JN (2004) Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.;158:760-765.

Schnohr C, Pedersen JM, Alcon MCG, Curtis T, Bjerregaard P (2004) Trends in the dietary patterns and prevalence of obesity among Greenlandic school children. International Journal of Circumpolar Health; 63(2):261-4

Smith-Khuri, Iachan R, Scheidt PC, et al. (2004) A cross-national study of violence-related behaviors in adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med ;158:539-544

Sumskas L, Zaborskis A. (2004) Alcohol consumption in Lithuanian school-aged children during 1994-2002. Medicina (Kaunas); 40(11):1117-23.

Torsheim T, Currie C, Boyce W, Kalnins I, Overpeck M and Haugland S (2004) Material deprivation and self-rated health: a multilevel study of adolescents from 22 European and North American countries. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 59, Issue 1, July 2004, Pages 1-12.
doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.032

Vereecken C, Maes L, De Bacquer D (2004) The influence of parental occupation and the pupils' educational level on lifestyle behaviors among adolescents in Belgium. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34(4), 330-338.

Vieno, A., Santinello, M., Galbiati, E., & Mirandola, M. (2004). School Climate and Well Being in Early Adolescence: A Comprehensive Model. European Journal of School Psychology, 2, 219-237.

Wold B, Torsheim T, Currie C & Roberts C (2004) National and school policies on restrictions of teacher smoking: a multilevel analysis of student exposure to teacher smoking in seven European countries. Health Education Research, 19(3), 217-226.

Yannakoulia, M Karayiannis, D Terzidou, M Kokkevi, A Sidossis L S. (2004) Nutrition-related habits of Greek adolescents European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58, 580 - 586


Published Articles, 2003 (12 articles)

Due P, Lynch J, Holstein BE, Modvig J. (2003) Socioeconomic health inequalities among a nationally representative sample of Danish adolescents: the role of different types of social relations. J Epidemiol Community Health ;57 692-698.

Gaspar de Matos M, Barrett P, Dadds M, Shortt A (2003) Anxiety, depression, and peer relationships during adolescence:Results from the Portuguese national health behaviour in school-aged children survey. European Journal of Psychology of Education, Vol.18 (1), 3-14.

Griesbach D, Amos A, Currie C. (2003) Adolescent smoking and family structure in Europe. Social Science and Medicine, 56: 42-52.

Hansen EH, Holstein BE, Due P and Currie CE (2003) International survey of self-reported medicine use among adolescents. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 37:361-366.

Holstein BE, Hansen EH, Due P, Almarsdottir AB. (2003) Self-reported medicine use among 11-15 year old girls and boys in Denmark 1988-98. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 31 (5): 334-341

Karayiannis D , Yannakoulia M , Terzidou M , Sidossis L S , Kokkevi A. (2003) Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Greek school-aged children and adolescents. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57 (9),1189 - 1192.

Maes L, Lievens J. (2003) Can the school make a difference? A multilevel analysis of adolescent risk and health behaviour. Social Science and Medicine, 56, Issue 3, pages 517-529.

Matos MG, Barret P, Dadds M & Shortt A (2003) Anxiety, depression and peer relationships during adolescence: Results from the Portuguese national health behaviour in school-aged children survey. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 18(1), 3-14.

Nansel T, Overpeck M, Haynie D, Ruan J, Scheidt P (2003) Relationships Between Bullying and Violence Among US Youth. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine;157:348-353.

Nic Gabhainn S & Mullan E (2003) Self-esteem in Irish children and adolescents: norms and patterns. Psychological Reports, Vol. 92, pp. 829-830.

Schmid H, ter Bogt T, Godeau E, Hublet A, Dias S F, Fotiou A. (2003) Drunkenness among young people. A cross-national comparison. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64 (5), 650-661.

Vereecken, C, Maes , L A (2003) A Belgian study on the reliability and relative validity of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children food frequency questionnaire, Public Health Nutrition, 6, 581-588

Vereecken C & Vandegehuchte A (2003) Measurement of parental occupation: Agreement between parents and their children. Archives of Public Health, 61, 141-149.


Published Articles, 1986-2002 (68 articles)

Aarø LE, Wold B, Kannas, L, Rimpelä M. (1986) Health behaviour in school-children. A WHO cross-national survey. Health Promotion International, 1 (1):17-33.

Aarø LE, Laberg JC, Wold B. (1995) Health behaviour among adolescents: Towards a hypothesis of two dimensions. Health Education Research, 10 (1): 83-93.

Abbet J P, Rehm J, Spinatsch M. (1994) Missing values in responses to questions on drug use: the case of classroom questionnaire surveys in Swiss public schools. Addiction Research, 1 (4): 367-376.

De Backer G, Maes L, Van de Mieroop E. (1999). Issues for cardiovascular disease risk factors development in Europe. Preventive Medicine, 29: 96-101.

Batista-Foguet JM, Mendoza R, Pérez M, Rius R. (2000) Life-styles of spanish school-aged children: Their evolution over time. Use of MultipleCorrespondence Analysis to determine overall trends over time in a sequential, cross-sectional Study. Ljubljana. Advances in methodology, data analysis and statistics, Metodološki zvezki, V16, 147-172.

Bennett P, Smith A, Murphy S, Moore L, Smith C. (1995) Health locus of control and value for health as predictors of dietary behaviour. Psychology and Health 10: 41-54.

Borup, I.K. (2000) Danish pupils' perceived satisfaction with the health dialogue: Associations with the office and work procedure of the school health nurse. Health Promotion International, 15(4):313-320.

Borup I. K. (2000) Health dialogue: Quality depends on sex and organisation (English and Danish version). Sygeplejersken, 41:28-33.

Borup I K. (1998) Pupils' experiences of the annual health dialogue with the school health nurse. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 12: 160-9.

Borup I K. (1998) Psychosocial and health factors associated with school children's perceived benefits from the health dialogue in Denmark. Health Education Journal, 57(4): 339-50.

Burstrom B, Haglund BJA, Tillgren P, Berg L, Wallin E, Ullen H, Smith C. (1995) Health promotion in schools: policies and practices in Stockholm County, 1990. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine, 23: 39-46.

Chiolero A, Schmid H. (2002) Repeated self-reported injuries and substance use among young adolescents; The case of Switzerland. Social and Preventive Medicine, 47 (5).

Coppieters Y, Piette D, Kohn L, de Smet P. (2002) Health inequalities: self-reported complaints and their predictors in pupils from Belgium. Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, 50 :135-146.

Currie CE, Elton RA, Todd J, Platt S. (1997). Indicators of socioeconomic status for adolescents: the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey. Health Education Research, 12 (3): 385-397.

Currie CE, Williams JM, Wright P, Beattie T, Harel Y. (1996) Incidence and distribution of injury among schoolchildren aged 11-15. Injury Prevention, 2: 21-25.

Granado Alcón MC, Pedersen JM. (2001) Family as a child development context and smoking behaviour among schoolchildren in Greenland. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 60: 52-63.

Granado Alcón MC, Pedersen JM, Carrasco AM. (2002) Greenland family structure and communication with parents: influence on schoolchildren's drinking behaviour. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 61: 319-331.

Griesbach D, Inchley J, Currie C. (2002) More than words? The status and impact of smoking policies in Scottish schools. Health Promotion International, 17 (1).

Haugland S, Wold B, Stevenson J, Aarø LE, Woynarowska B. (2001) Subjective health complaints in adolescence - a cross-national comparison of prevalence and dimensionality. European Journal of Public Health, 11, (1):4-10.

Haugland S, Wold B. (2001) Subjective health in adolescence - Reliability and validity of survey methods. Journal of Adolescence, 24(5): 611-624.

Harel Y. (1999) A cross-national study of youth violence in Europe. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 11, (3-4), 121 - 134.

Hetland J, Torsheim T, Aarø LE. (2002) Subjective health complaints in adolescence: dimensional structure and variation across gender and age. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 30 (3): 223-230.

Honkala E, Kuusela S, Rimpelä A, Rimpelä M, Jokela J. (1997) Dental services utilization between 1977 and 1995 by Finnish adolescents of different socioeconomic levels. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 25:385-390.

Inchley J, Todd J, Bryce C, Currie C. (2001). Dietary trends among Scottish schoolchildren in the 1990's. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 14, 206-17.

Kalnins IV, Steele C, Stevens E, Rossen B, Biggar D, Jutai J. Bortolussi J (1999) Health Survey Research on children with physical disabilities in Canada. Health Promotion International, 14: 251-260.

Kalnins I. (1995) Public Health in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Journal of Baltic Studies, 26, 179-184.

Kalnins I, Ranka I, Glazunova J, Pukse I, Stare L and Dambergs P. (1995) Health for all young people in Europe: The World Health Organization Cross-National Study on the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children. Journal of Baltic Studies, 26, 221-242.

Kelleher C (2001) Evolution of cardio-vascular risk factors – light at the end of the tunnel? (Editorial) Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 113, 552-557.

Kuusela S, Honkala E, Kannas L, Tynjälä J, Wold B. (1997) Oral hygiene habits in 11-year-old schoolchildren in 22 European countries and Canada in 1993/1994. Journal of Dental Research, 76 (9): 1602-1610.

Kuusela S, Honkala E, Kannas L, Tynjälä J, Tudor-Smith C. (1999) Frequent use of sugar products by schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada in 1993/1994. International Dental Journal, 49: 105-114.

Laufer A, Harel Y (1997) Loneliness and Social Unacceptability as Predictors of Involvement in Youth Violence. Journal of Adolescence Research.

Matos MG (2001) Social Adventure and Health. In Mental Health Europe. Mental Health Promotion of Adolescents and Young People, pp. 71.

Mazur J, Scheidt PC, Overpeck MD, Harel Y, Molcho M. (2001) Adolescent injuries in relation to economic status : An international perspective. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 8 (3): 179-182

Moore L, Smith C, Cafford J. (1994). Binge drinking: prevalence, patterns and policy. Health Education Research, 9: 497 505.

Nansel TR, Overpeck MD, Pilla RS, Ruan JW, Scheidt PC. (2001) Bullying Behaviors Among U.S. Youth: Prevalence and Association with Psycho-social Adjustment. Journal of American Medical Association, 285 (6): 2094-2100.

Nic Gabhainn S, Nolan G, Kelleher C, Friel S. (2002) Dieting patterns and related lifestyles of school aged children in the Republic of Ireland. Public Health Nutrition, 5 (1): 1-7.

Nic Gabhainn, S and Kelleher, C (2000) School health education and gender: an interactive effect? Health Education Research: Theory and Practice, 15(5), 591-602.

Nutbeam D, Smith C, Moore L, Bauman A. (1993) Warning! Schools can damage your health: alienation from school and its impact on health behaviour. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 29, (S1): S25-S30.

Pickett W, Brison RJ, Mackenzie S, Garner M, King M, Greenberg L, Boyce W. (2000) Youth injury data collected by the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program: Do they represent the Canadian experience? Injury Prevention, 6: 9-15.

Pickett W, Garner M, King MA, King AJC, Boyce W. (2002) Gradients in risk for youth injury associated with multiple risk behaviours: a study of 11,329 Canadian children. Social Science and Medicine, 55 (6):1055-68.

Pickett W, Schmid H, Boyce WF, Simpson K, Scheidt P, Mazur J, Molcho M, King M, Godeau E, Overpeck M, Aszmann A, Szabo M, Harel Y. (2002) Multiple risk behaviours and injury: An International Analysis of Young People. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 156: 786-793.

Piette D, Maes L, Peeters R, Prevost M, Stevens AM, De Smet P and Smith C (1993) The WHO-collaborative Study: Health Behaviour in School Children in Belgium. Methodology and dissemination of data. Archives of Public Health, 51, 387-405.

Poulsen LH, Roberts C, Osler M, Due P, Holstein BE. (2002) Exposure to teachers smoking and adolescent smoking behaviour: analysis of cross sectional data from Denmark. Tobacco Control, 11: 246-51.

Pötsönen R, Kontula O. (1999) How are attitudes towards condoms related to gender and sexual experiences among adolescents in Finland? Health Promotion International, 14(3): 211-219.

Pötsönen R, Kontula O. (1999) Adolescents' knowledge and attitudes concerning HIV infection and HIV infected persons. How a survey and focus group discussions are suited for researching adolescents' HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes. Health Education Research, 14 (4): 473-484.

Rasmussen M, Damsgaard MT, Due P, Holstein BE. (2002) Boys and girls smoking within the Danish elementary school classes: a group-level analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health; 30: 62-9.

Samdal O, Nutbeam D, Wold B, Kannas L. (1998) Achieving health and educational goals through school - a study of the importance of school climate and student satisfaction. Health Education Research, 13 (3): 383-397.

Schmid, H. (2001). Cannabis use in Switzerland: The role of attribution of drug use to friends, urbanization and repression. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 60 (2).

Smet B, Maes L, De Clercq L, Haryanti K, Djati Winarno R. (1999). The Health Behaviour of School-Aged Children in Semarang, Indonesia: methodological problems in cross-cultural research. Health Promotion International, 14: 7-16.

Smet B, Maes L, De Clercq L, Haryanti K and Djati Winarno R. (1999). Determinants of smoking behaviour in Semarang, Indonesia. Tobacco Control, 8(2): 186-191.

Smith C, Nutbeam D, Roberts C, Moore L, Catford J. (1994). Current changes in smoking attitudes and behaviours among adolescents in Wales, 1986-1992. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16: 165 171.

Smith C, Wold B, Moore L. (1992), Health Behaviour Research with Adolescents: a Perspective from the WHO Cross-National Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2 (2): 41-44.

Steele CA, Kalnins IV, Jutai JW, Stevens SE, Bortolussi JA, Biggar WD. (1996) Lifestyle health behaviours of 11 to 16-year-old youth with physical disabilities. Health Education Research, 11(2): 173-186.

Stevens SE, Steele C, Jutai JW, Kalnins IV, Bortolussi JA, Biggar WD. (1996) Adolescents with physical disabilities: Some psychososial aspects of health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 19: 157-164.

Suominen SB, Välimaa RS, Tynjälä JA, Kannas LK. (2000) Minority status and perceived health: a comparative study of Finnish- and Swedish-speaking schoolchildren in Finland. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 28: 179-187.

Thomson C, Currie C, Todd J, Elton R. (1999) Changes in HIV/AIDS education, knowledge and attitudes among Scottish 15-16 year olds, 1990-1994: findings form the WHO: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC). Health Education Research, 14 (3): 357-370.

Torsheim T, Wold B, Samdal O. (2000). The Teacher and Classmate Support Scale: Factor Structure, test-retest reliability and validity in samples of 13- and 15 year old adolescents. School Psychology International, 21: 195-212.

Torsheim T, Aarø L E, Wold B. (2001). Sense of coherence and school-related stress as predictors of subjective health complaints in early adolescence: interactive, indirect or direct relationships? Social Science and Medicine, 53 (5): 603-614.

Torsheim T, Wold B. (2001). School-related stress, support, and subjective health complaints among early adolescents: a multilevel approach. Journal of Adolescence, 24 (6): 701-713.

Torsheim T, Wold B. (2001). School-related stress, school support, and somatic complaints: A general population study. Journal of Adolescent Research, 16 (3), 293-303, plus Erratum, Journal of Adolescent Research, 26 (6), 773.

Tynjälä J, Kannas L, Levälahti E. (1997). Perceived tiredness among adolescents and its association with sleep habits and use of psychoactive substances. Journal of Sleep Research, 6 (3): 189-198.

Tynjälä J, Kannas L, Levälahti E, Välimaa R. (1999) Perceived sleep quality and its precursors in adolescents. Health Promotion International, 14: 155-166.

Tynjälä, J., Kannas, L. & Välimaa, R. (1993) How young Europeans sleep. Health Education Research 8(1): 69-80.

Tynjälä J & Kannas L. (1993) Sleeping habits of Finnish school children by sociodemographic background. Health Promotion International 8(4): 281-289.

Williams JM and Currie CE. (2000) Self-esteem and physical development in early adolescence: pubertal timing and body image. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20: 129-149.

Williams J, Currie C, Wright P, Elton R, Beattie T. (1997) Socioeconomic status and adolescent injuries. Social Science and Medicine, 44 (12): 1881-1891.

Wold B, Oygard L, Eder A, Smith C. (1994). Social reproduction of physical activity - implications for health promotion in young people. European Journal of Public Health, 4: 163-168.

Wold B, Anderssen N. (1992) Health promotion aspects of family and peer influences on sport participation. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 23: 343-359.

 
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