The development of a brief measure of school attitude

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1060-1070

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chan, Alfred C M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Lingnan University

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Hong Kong pupils; School adjustment; School attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344629229     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403251334     Document Type: Article

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