Supportive communication and school outcomes for academically "at-risk" and other low income middle school students

Communication Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-325

  Rosenfeld, Lawrence B ^c   Richman, Jack M ^c   Bowen, Gary L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

At risk students; School outcomes; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039993990     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529809379138     Document Type: Article

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