Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 37-41 , December 2008

Variables predicting the mental health status of Chinese college students

  • Huijun Li

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel and Deaconess Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Landmark Center, 2nd Floor East, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 998 0075; fax: +1 617 998 5007.
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  • Wei Li

      Affiliations

    • College of Social Sciences,Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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  • Qian Liu

      Affiliations

    • College of Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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  • Aiping Zhao

      Affiliations

    • College of Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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  • Frances Prevatt

      Affiliations

    • College of Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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  • Jingjiang Yang

      Affiliations

    • College of Social Sciences,Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China

Received 8 August 2008 ,Accepted 26 September 2008.

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PII: S1876-2018(08)00026-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2008.09.003

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 37-41 , December 2008