Do Peers Contribute to the Likelihood of Secondary School Graduation Among Disadvantaged Boys?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 429-442

  Véronneau, Marie Hélène ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Pedersen, Sara ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic adjustment; friendship; longitudinal studies; peer acceptance; school graduation

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449149447     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.429     Document Type: Article

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