Relationship of social factors including trust, control over life decisions, problems with transport and safety, to psychological distress in the community

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 465-473

  Taylor, Anne W ^a,b   Chittleborough, Catherine ^c   Gill, Tiffany K ^a,b   Winefield, Helen ^a   Baum, Fran ^d   Hiller, Janet E ^e   Goldney, Robert ^a   Tucker, Graeme ^f   Hugo, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Lifestyle; Population survey; Psychological distress; Public health epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862690817     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0354-z     Document Type: Article

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