Prevalence of clinically elevated depressive symptoms in college athletes and differences by gender and sport

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 167-171

  Wolanin, Andrew ^a   Hong, Eugene ^b   Marks, Donald ^a   Panchoo, Kelly ^b   Gross, Michael ^c  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Exercise Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATHLETES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85000366442     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095756     Document Type: Article

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