Prevalence of depressive symptoms in male intercollegiate student-athletes and nonathletes

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-220

  Proctor, Steven L ^a   Boan Lenzo, Candace ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; College students; Depression; Mood disorders; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889837662     PISSN: 19329261     EISSN: 1932927X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jcsp.4.3.204     Document Type: Article

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