Optimism, hostility, and adjustment in the first year of high school

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-411

  Boman, Peter ^a   Yates, Gregory C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035464031     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709901158587     Document Type: Article

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