Social support moderates stress effects on depression

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xingmin ^a   Cai, Lin ^b   Qian, Jing ^c   Peng, Jiaxi ^d  

^a Department of Geriatrics   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Moderating effect; Social support; Stress; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988941121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-8-41     Document Type: Article

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