Does fear-of-failure mediate the relationship between educational expectations and stress-related complaints among Swedish adolescents? A structural equation modelling approach.
Background This study investigated the possible mediating role of fear-of-failure between educational expectations and adolescent stress-related complaints with a specific focus on gender differences among Swedish adolescents, and related these findings more broadly to school-related demands and str...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 101 - 107 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2024
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