The relationship of school strain to school functioning and self-worth among urban African American early adolescents

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-288

  Fenzel, L Mickey ^a   Magaletta, Philip R ^b   Peyrot, Mark F ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031476012     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199707)34:3<279::AID-PITS10>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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