Psychosocial factors in adolescent and young adult self-reported depressive symptoms: Causal or correlational associations?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-100

  Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^a   Haslimeier, Claudia ^a   Metzke, Christa Winkler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Causality; Depression; Longitudinal study; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845774354     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9145-3     Document Type: Article

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