Prevalence, type, disclosure, and severity of adverse life events in college students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Hockemeyer, Jill R ^b   Heron, Kristin E ^a   Wonderlich, Stephen A ^c   Pennebaker, James W ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Life events; PTSD; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 50449104344     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.57.1.69-76     Document Type: Article

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