Risk Factors of Academic Performance: Experiences of School Violence, School Safety Concerns, and Depression by Gender

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 725-742

  Kim, Youn Kyoung ^a   Sanders, Jane E ^b   Makubuya, Timothy ^c   Yu, Mansoo ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Depression; Safety; School violence; Victimization; Weapon related violence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; DRAWING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SADNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 85085347649     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: 15733319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-020-09552-7     Document Type: Article

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