How Adolescent Girls Understand and Manage Depression Within Their Peer Group: A Grounded Theory Investigation

School Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Pinto Foltz, Melissa D ^a,d   Hines Martin, Vicki ^b   Logsdon, M Cynthia ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Grounded theory; Mental health; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957114319     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-009-9024-7     Document Type: Article

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