Gender Differences in Adolescents’ Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Differential Links to Impaired School Functioning

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1053-1064

  Lavoie, Laurence ^a   Dupéré, Véronique ^a   Dion, Eric ^b   Crosnoe, Robert ^c   Lacourse, Éric ^a   Archambault, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Gender differences; High school dropout; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; QUEBEC; SCHOOL DROPOUT; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUEBEC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 85060327802     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-00511-4     Document Type: Article

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