In a sample of 80 undergraduates, variables associated with the undergraduate experience (such as transfer student status, grade point average, working, and belonging to a fraternity/sorority) were not significantly associated with measures of depression, mania, or suicidal ideation. Students living on campus were more depressed and suicidal than those living with their parents.
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