Socioeconomic status and the risk of depression among UK higher education students

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1491-1501

  Ibrahim, Ahmed K ^a,b   Kelly, Shona J ^c   Glazebrook, Cris ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Socio economic status; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884589804     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0663-5     Document Type: Article

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