Psychological quality of life and its association with academic employability skills among newly-registered students from three European faculties

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Baumann, Michèle ^a   Ionescu, Ion ^b   Chau, Nearkasen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Academic skills; Employability; QoL environmental; QoL psychological; QoL social relationships; Students WHOQoL BREF

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUXEMBOURG; ROMANIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROMANIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79955093725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-63     Document Type: Article

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