The contribution of anxiety and depression to fatigue among a sample of Australian university students: Suggestions for university counsellors

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-255

  Bitsika, Vicki ^a   Sharpley, Christopher F ^b   Bell, Ryan ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Counseling; Depression; Factor structure; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949123536     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070903216929     Document Type: Article

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