Symptoms of anxiety and depression in medical students and in humanities students: Relationship with big-five personality dimensions and vulnerability to stress

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-501

  Bunevicius, Adomas ^a   Katkute, Arune ^a   Bunevicius, Robertas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Humanities students; Medical students; Personality dimensions; Vulnerability to stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; STRESS VULNERABILITY SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349135881     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008090843     Document Type: Article

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