General health mediates the relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction and depression: A study with Malaysia medical students

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Swami, Viren ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^b   Sinniah, Dhachayani ^c   Maniam, Thambu ^c   Kannan, Kumaraswami ^d   Stanistreet, Debbi ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; General health; Life satisfaction; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34247532895     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0140-5     Document Type: Article

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