Depression in college: depressive symptoms and personality factors in Beijing and Hong Kong college freshmen

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 496-502

  Song, Yuqing ^a,b   Huang, Yueqin ^a   Liu, Dan ^c   Kwan, Johnny S H ^b   Zhang, Fuquan ^c   Sham, Pak C ^b   Tang, Siu Wa ^b,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 48849086042     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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