Perceived social support and well being in school; the role of students' ethnicity

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-278

  Vedder, Paul ^a   Boekaerts, Monique ^b   Seegers, Gerard ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elementary school; Immigrant students; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844463021     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-4313-4     Document Type: Article

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