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Social context in school: its relation to adolescents' depressive mood
Aurore Boulard1, Etienne Quertemont, Jean-Marie Gauthier
1University of Liège, Personne et Societe, Liege, Belgium. Aurore.Boulard@ulg.ac.be
Abstract:
This study examined the impact of various school-related factors on adolescents' depressive mood, including prosocial behavior, verbal aggression, and relationships with teachers. The data used in this study were collected in the context of a larger survey on victimization in secondary schools from the French Community of Belgium. Participants were 2896 secondary school students (1520 males; 1376 females) aged 12-18 years. Results showed that for both genders, the three strongest predictors of depressive mood were age, feeling of exclusion, and verbal aggression. This study focusing on school-related predictors of depressive mood confirmed the importance of the social context in school as a predictor of depression in both girls and boys.
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