Chinese high school students' academic stress and depressive symptoms: Gender and school climate as moderators

Stress and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-346

  Liu, Yangyang ^a   Lu, Zuhong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

academic stress; Chinese students; depressive symptoms; high school; school climate; school transition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867084256     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2418     Document Type: Article

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