Predicting different types of school dropouts: A typological approach with two longitudinal samples

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-190

  Janosz, Michel ^a   Le Blanc, Marc ^a   Boulerice, Bernard ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0034147088     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.1.171     Document Type: Article

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