title: Emotional distress in a first-year university population.
abstract: An investigation of the emotional distress was conducted among a large sample of first-year university students. Results of the study indicate the presence of high levels of emotional distress. The data also show evidence of strong significant intercorrelations among the variables of emotional concern. It is concluded that there exists a high risk group of first-year university students, who complain of various emotional symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012306:Risk; D013332:Student Dropouts; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities