Depression Symptoms in Canadian Psychology Graduate Students: Do Research Productivity, Funding, and the Academic Advisory Relationship Play a Role?

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Peluso, Daniel L ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advisory relationship; Depression; Graduate psychology students; Graduate student funding; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955596191     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022624     Document Type: Article

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