Self-reported depressive symptoms in a school sample of Italian children and adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-226

  Poli, Paola ^a   Sbrana, Barbara ^a   Marcheschi, Mara ^a   Masi, Gabriele ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CDI; Children; Community sample; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANHEDONIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BODY IMAGE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0037355268     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021404613832     Document Type: Article

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