Social anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation in a clinical sample of early adolescents: Examining loneliness and social support as longitudinal mediators

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 871-883

  Gallagher, Michelle ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a   Simon, Valerie ^b   Spirito, Anthony ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Loneliness; Social anxiety; Social support; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84904160189     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9844-7     Document Type: Article

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