Avenues to prestige among adolescents in public and religiously affiliated high schools

Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 154, 2004, Pages 229-241

  Suitor, J Jill ^a,c   Powers, Rebecca S ^b   Brown, Rachel ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 10244221130     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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