Gender Studies

Recent studies from Karlstad University add new data to gender studies

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 2nd, 2009

"Since the economic recession in Sweden in the 1990s alarming reports about deteriorating mental and psychosomatic health among young people have repeatedly been published but reliable survey data are rare. The purpose of the study is to describe the trends in psychosomatic health problems among adolescents, focusing on gender differences," investigators in Karlstad, Sweden report.

"The analysis is based on repeated cross-sectional data collected 19882005 among about 15 000 adolescents (15- to 16-years old) within a county in Sweden. The data were collected in schools using a questionnaire that was completed anonymously. A composite measure of psychosomatic health...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-02)

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