Relationship between depression and anxiety among undergraduate students in eighteen arab countries: A cross-cultural study

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 503-512

  Alansari, Bader M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arab and cross cultural studies; Beck Depression Inventory II; Depression; Kuwait University Anxiety Scale; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944448080     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.5.503     Document Type: Article

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