Depressive symptomatology in high school students: The role of age, gender and academic pressure

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Lazaratou, Helen ^a   Dikeos, Dimitris G ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris C ^a   Soldatos, Constantin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Academic pressure; Adolescence; Age; Depressive symptomatology; Gender; High school students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77952092452     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9296-2     Document Type: Article

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