The prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in Australian tertiary students compared to their community peers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-467

  Cvetkovski, Stefan ^a   Reavley, Nicola J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychological distress; tertiary students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; TERTIARY STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STUDENT; WORKING TIME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84865305413     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411435290     Document Type: Article

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