Patterns of Individual Adjustment Changes During Middle School Transition

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-101

  Chung, Hyunhee ^a   Elias, Maurice ^b   Schneider, Kenneth ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Social Psychiatry   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Middle school; School transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001832387     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(97)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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