Predictors of categorical at-risk high school dropouts

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-203

  Suh, Suhyun ^a   Suh, Jingyo ^b   Houston, Irene ^a,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LLU   (Georgia)

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EID: 34248594358     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00463.x     Document Type: Article

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