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Keywords: adolescents, depressive symptoms, prosocial behavior, cohort study, longitudinal study, praise
Citation: Nagaoka D, Tomoshige N, Ando S, Morita M, Kiyono T, Kanata S, Fujikawa S, Endo K, Yamasaki S, Fukuda M, Nishida A, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M and Kasai K (2022) Being Praised for Prosocial Behaviors Longitudinally Reduces Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescents: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Front. Psychiatry 13:865907. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.865907
Received: 30 January 2022; Accepted: 21 April 2022;
Published: 17 May 2022.
Edited by:Tomoya Hirota, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Reviewed by:Omneya Ibrahim, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Fransiska Kaligis, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
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