Promoting mental health in students: Is there a role for sleep?

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-133

  Ellis, Jason ^a   Fox, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Perfectionism; Sleep; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; THINKING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 2942567958     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400314     Document Type: Article

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