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Mental Health and Work Engagement as Predictors of Cadet Performance in Indonesian Maritime Education

By: Wahyudi SANTOSO  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668
Language: English
Page range: 376 - 394
Submitted on: Oct 7, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 16, 2025
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Published on: Dec 22, 2025
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