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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Murberg, Terje A. – School Psychology International, 2009
This study examines the relation between shyness, social support and depressive symptoms in a sample of 259 students (aged 14-16 years) in two secondary schools. Results at both time-points showed positive associations of depressive symptoms with shyness and with being female and negative associations of depressive symptoms with social support and…
Descriptors: Shyness, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Henriksen, Roger E.; Murberg, Terje A. – School Psychology International, 2009
The associations between shyness, school-related stress, social support and somatic complaints, were assessed in a sample of 501 pupils from two secondary schools in Norway. The main finding from this cross-sectional study revealed a positive significant association between shyness and somatic complaints. Findings also showed a significant…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Shyness, Foreign Countries, Adolescents
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Murberg, Terje A.; Bru, Edvin – School Psychology International, 2004
This study examines the relationships between school-related stress, gender and psychosomatic symptoms in a sample of 531 adolescent pupils in years (grades) 8, 9 and 10 (aged 13-16 years) from two compulsory schools in Norway. Results showed that 18.1 percent reported being very much affected by at least one of the assessed psychosomatic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Females, Psychosomatic Disorders
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Murberg, Terje A.; Bru, Edvin – School Psychology International, 2004
Relationships between negative life events, perceived social support and emotional problems were assessed in a national representative sample of 1,053 adolescents in eighth grade. Thirty-one percent of the adolescents reported that they had experienced at least one negative life event during the last year. Serious illness or injury among close…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Emotional Problems, Early Adolescents, Stress Variables