Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 378-385 , April 2008

The Roles of Personality Traits and Negative Life Events on the Episodes of Depressive Symptoms in Nonreferred Adolescents: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study

  • Hao-Jan Yang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Ju Chiu, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Tsuen Soong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei J. Chen, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Epidemiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Wei J. Chen, M.D., Sc.D., Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 17 Xuzhou Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Received 13 May 2007 ,Accepted 4 September 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00411-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.017

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 378-385 , April 2008

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