Parental support, personality, self-efficacy and depression among medical students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 419-424

  Mustafa, Muhammad Bazlan ^a   Nasir, Rohany ^b   Yusooff, Fatimah ^b  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression; Medical students; Parental Support; Personality; Self Efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651249790     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.10.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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