Psychological help seeking attitudes and personality factors among jordanian college students

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 606-629

  Zawawi, Jehad Mahmoud Alaedein ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward help seeking; Depressive symptoms; External internal locus of control; Gender differences; Jordanian college students; Masculinity femininity; Sex roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055201331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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