Study on feelings of school avoidance, depression, and character tendencies among general junior high and high school students

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-471

  Honjo, Shuji ^a   Sasaki, Yasuko ^a   Kaneko, Hitoshi ^a   Tachibana, Kota ^a   Murase, Satomi ^a   Ishii, Takashi ^b   Nishide, Yumie ^d   Nishide, Takanori ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Pref Colony Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children's Depression Inventory; Depression; Feelings of school avoidance; Personality; School refusal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0141928116     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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