Correlations between psychological symptoms and social relationships among medical undergraduates in Anhui Province of China

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-47

  Sun, Liang ^a   Sun, Li Na ^a   Sun, Ye Huan ^a   Yang, Lin Sheng ^a   Wu, Hong Yan ^a   Zhang, Dong Dong ^a   Cao, Hong Yuan ^a   Sun, Ying ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; family function; social support; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINA; COLLEGE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREER CHOICE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICINE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755162316     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.42.1.c     Document Type: Article

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