Variant and invariant predictors of perceived popularity across majority-Black and majority-White classrooms

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-44

  Meisinger, E B ^a   Blake, J J ^a   Lease, A M ^a   Palardy, G J ^a   Olejnik, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Classroom racial composition; Elementary school students; Perceived popularity; Social context; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845526224     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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