In Iranian female and male adolescents, romantic love is related to hypomania and low depressive symptoms, but also to higher state anxiety

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-109

  Bajoghli, Hafez ^a   Joshaghani, Narges ^a   Gerber, Markus ^b   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^c   Brand, Serge ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Hypomania; Romantic love

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IRAN; LOVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP;

EID: 84877961529     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2012.697564     Document Type: Article

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