The relationships between negative life events, perceived support in the school environment and depressive symptoms among Norwegian senior high school students: A prospective study

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Murberg, Terje A ^a   Bru, Edvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classroom peer support; Depressive symptoms; Negative life events; Senior high school students; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349496537     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9083-x     Document Type: Article

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