Depression among university students in South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 725-728

  Pillay, A L ^a   Edwards, S D ^a   Gambu, S Q ^a   Dhlomo, R M ^a  

^a Midlands Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036985477     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3.725     Document Type: Article

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