title: Social context in school: its relation to adolescents' depressive mood.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Liège, Personne et Societe, Liege, Belgium. Aurore.Boulard@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: Aurore
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boulard
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quertemont
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Born
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012574:Schools; D012934:Social Isolation; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires