Depressive symptoms in university freshmen: Longitudinal relations with contingent self-esteem and level of self-esteem

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-363

  Wouters, Sofie ^a   Duriez, Bart ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Klimstra, Theo ^a   Colpin, Hilde ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Verschueren, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contingent self esteem; Depression; Longitudinal; Self esteem level; University freshmen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876825980     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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