Sick of our loans: Student borrowing and the mental health of young adults in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-93

  Walsemann, Katrina M ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Gentile, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Education; Psychological functioning; Student loans

Indexed keywords

DEBT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; SCHOOL ADMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911446153     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.027     Document Type: Article

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