Trajectories of anxiety during elementary-school years and the prediction of high school noncompletion

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1134-1146

  Duchesne, Stéphane ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a,b   Larose, Simon ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Classroom behaviors; Family; High school noncompletion; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349105225     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9224-0     Document Type: Article

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