Depression, anxiety, and perceived hassles among entering medical students

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Smith, Carol Klose ^a   Peterson, D Fred ^b   Degenhardt, Brain F ^b   Johnson, Jane C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hassles; Medical students; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750882503     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500429387     Document Type: Article

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