Relationship between academic stress and suicidal ideation: Testing for depression as a mediator using multiple regression

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-143

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Huan, Vivien S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Depression; Mediator effect; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33749819970     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0023-8     Document Type: Article

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