Positive and negative social exchanges and mental health across the transition to college: Loneliness as a mediator

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 920-941

  Fiori, Katherine L ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

College students; depression; life satisfaction; loneliness; mediation; negativity effect; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885227452     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512473863     Document Type: Article

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