Gender differences in the influence of social isolation and loneliness on depressive symptoms in college students: a longitudinal study
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- 21 May 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Vol. 55 (2) , 251-257
Abstract
There is evidence that social isolation or loneliness may be associated with mental health. However, it is unclear to what extent these two factors independently affect mental health and if these effects are gender dependent. This study examined the simultaneous associations of social isolation and loneliness with depressive symptoms in a longitudinal study of male and female college students.Keywords
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- National Social Science Foundation, China (18BSH118, 15BSH065)
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