The Roles of Personality Traits and Negative Life Events on the Episodes of Depressive Symptoms in Nonreferred Adolescents: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Yang, Hao Jan ^a   Chiu, Yu Ju ^b   Soong, Wei Tsuen ^b,c   Chen, Wei J ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c St Joseph's Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depressive symptom; Life event; Personality trait

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 40849096371     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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