In the context of risk: Supportive adults and the school engagement of middle school students

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-104

  Woolley, Michael E ^a   Bowen, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Adolescence; Middle school; Risk and resilience; School engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845666291     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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