Mental health difficulties and academic attainment: Evidence for gender-specific developmental cascades in middle childhood

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 523-538

  Panayiotou, Margarita ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85024401560     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457941700102X     Document Type: Article

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