The role of sense of school belonging and gender in the academic adjustment of Latino adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-628

  Sánchez, Bernadette ^a   Colón, Yarí ^a   Esparza, Patricia ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Gender; Latino adolescents; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644433540     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-8950-4     Document Type: Article

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