Religiosity, anxiety, and depression among a sample of iranian medical students

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-227

  Vasegh, Sasan ^a,b   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Iran; Medical students; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOSLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547939329     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/J3V5-L316-0U13-7000     Document Type: Article

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