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Social exclusion and adolescent wellbeing: Stress, school satisfaction, and academic self-efficacy as multiple mediators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2020

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Begum Satici*
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Department of Educational Sciences, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Begum Satici, Email: begum@artvin.edu.tr
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Abstract

This study explored how social exclusion predicted adolescent wellbeing via stress, academic self-efficacy, and school satisfaction. Data were collected from 328 adolescents in Turkey. Mediation analyses revealed that the negative effects of social exclusion on wellbeing were partially mediated by stress, academic self-efficacy, and school satisfaction. Given its important role in students’ social, academic, and psychological development, researchers and practitioners may need to give more attention to social exclusion as a key risk factor for decreased wellbeing.

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social exclusionstressacademic self-efficacyschool satisfactionwellbeing
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , July 2020 , pp. 67 - 74
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© Australian Psychological Society Ltd 2020

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