Cultural and gender differences in responses to depressive mood: A study of college students in Ghana and the U.S.A

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-583

  Eshun, Sussie ^a   Chang, Edward C ^b   Owusu, Vida ^c  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 0032036487     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00203-1     Document Type: Article

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