Belongingness as a Protective Factor Against Loneliness and Potential Depression in a Multicultural Middle School

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 626-651

  Baskin, Thomas W ^a   Wampold, Bruce E ^b   Quintana, Stephen M ^b   Enright, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

belongingness; depression; loneliness; multicultural; peer acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953777003     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000009358459     Document Type: Article

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