Psychological distress and coping amongst higher education students: A Mixed method enquiry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Deasy, Christine ^a   Coughlan, Barry ^a   Pironom, Julie ^b   Jourdan, Didier ^b   Mannix McNamara, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919346572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115193     Document Type: Article

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