Prevalence and effects of life event exposure among undergraduate and community college students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-457

  Anders, Samantha L ^a   Frazier, Patricia A ^a   Shallcross, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community college students; Criterion A1; Stress; Trauma; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871860224     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027753     Document Type: Article

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