Symptoms of depression and related factors among Spanish university students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 583-590

  Vázquez, Fernando L ^a,b   Blanco, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b University of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33751547841     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.2.583-590     Document Type: Article

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