Negative life events and mental health of Chinese medical students: The effect of resilience, personality and social support

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-141

  Peng, Li ^a   Zhang, Jiajia ^a   Li, Min ^a   Li, Peipei ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Zuo, Xin ^a   Miao, Yi ^a   Xu, Ying ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Medical students; Mental health problems; Negative life events; Personality; Resilience; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SELF RATING LIFE EVENTS CHECK LIST; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONNOR-DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK ADULT PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE-REVISED; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84862821603     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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