Social Support as a Moderator of the Relationship between Anxiety and Depression: An Empirical Study with Adult Survivors of Wenchuan Earthquake

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Wei, Ying ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RATING ANXIETY SCALE; SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885693080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079045     Document Type: Article

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