Self-efficacy pathways to childhood depression

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-269

  Bandura, Albert ^b   Pastorelli, Concetta ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033069282     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.76.2.258     Document Type: Article

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