Early adolescent depression symptoms and school dropout: Mediating processes involving self-reported academic competence and achievement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 552-560

  Quiroga, Cintia V ^a,b   Janosz, Michel ^c   Bisset, Sherri ^c   Morin, Alexandre J S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic competence; Achievement; Depression; Mediation process; School dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881093833     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031524     Document Type: Article

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