Correlates of depression, anxiety and stress among Malaysian university students

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 318-323

  Shamsuddin, Khadijah ^a   Fadzil, Fariza ^a   Ismail, Wan Salwina Wan ^a   Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^a   Omar, Khairani ^a   Muhammad, Noor Azimah ^a   Jaffar, Aida ^a   Ismail, Aniza ^a   Mahadevan, Raynuha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Malaysian; Stress; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883780669     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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