Psychological distress in first year university students: Socioeconomic and academic stressors, mastery and social support in young men and women

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 643-650

  Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c   Combes, Jean Baptiste ^a   Kovess Masfety, Viviane ^d   Choquet, Marie ^e   Guagliardo, Valérie ^a   Rouillon, Frédéric ^e,f   Peretti Wattel, Patrick ^b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Mental health; Psychological; Self efficacy; Social support; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 68349098784     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0486-y     Document Type: Article

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