The Social Ties That Bind: Social Anxiety and Academic Achievement Across the University Years

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1139-1152

  Brook, Christina A ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Late adolescence; Longitudinal; Social anxiety; Social ties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939979214     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0262-8     Document Type: Article

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