School adjustment in rural and urban communities: Do students from "Timbuktu" differ from their "City Slicker" peers?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Stanley, Linda R ^a   Comello, Maria Leonora G ^b   Edwards, Ruth W ^a   Marquart, Beverly S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural; School adjustment; School liking; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349047776     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9180-8     Document Type: Article

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