Boundary curves of individual items in the distribution of total depressive symptom scores approximate an exponential pattern in a general population.

Shinichiro TomitakaYohei KawasakiKazuki IdeMaiko AkutagawaHiroshi YamadaToshiaki A FurukawaYutaka Ono
Published in: PeerJ (2016)
The results of the present study support the hypothesis that the boundary curves of each depressive symptom score in the distribution of total depressive symptom scores commonly follow the predicted mathematical model, which was verified to approximate an exponential mathematical pattern.