Quality of life for patients with major depression in Taiwan:A model-based study of predictive factors

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-162

  Chung, Lyinn ^a   Pan, Ay Woan ^b,c   Hsiung, Ping Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Mastery; Path analysis; Social support; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349212947     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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