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Of 214 first-year students in an historically Black university, 17.8% scored in the Severe range on the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Sex and rural or urban background were not significant factors.

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Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology , Students/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , South Africa/epidemiology

Depression among university students in South Africa.

Pillay, A L; Edwards, S D; Gambu, S Q; Dhlomo, R M.

Psychol Rep ; 91(3 Pt 1): 725-8, 2002 Dec.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12530714

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Of 129 first-year students at an historically Black university students in psychology reported significantly less depression than nonpsychology students, and younger students reported significantly lower scores on depression than older students on the Beck Depression Inventory.

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Black or African American/psychology , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Depressive Disorder/epidemiology , Students/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Black People , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depressive Disorder/diagnosis , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Personality Inventory , South Africa/epidemiology , Students/statistics & numerical data , White People/psychology

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