Check & Connect: The importance of relationships for promoting engagement with school

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-113

  Anderson, Amy R ^a   Christenson, Sandra L ^a   Sinclair, Mary F ^a   Lehr, Camilla A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642369293     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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