The Interplay of Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms Across Adolescence: Exploring the Role of Personality Traits

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 776-787

  Vanhalst, Janne ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Depressive symptoms; Loneliness; Neuroticism; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860886456     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9726-7     Document Type: Article

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