The present study examined symptoms of depression among university students. On the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 96 men and 138 women did not differ in over-all reporting of depressive symptoms, but women were significantly more prone to experience symptoms measured by a scale factor known as “depressed affect.”
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