A possible selves intervention to enhance school involvement

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-326

  Oyserman, Daphna ^a   Terry, Kathy ^b   Bybee, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IDENTITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOPATHY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0036595677     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.2002.0474     Document Type: Article

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