Sources of perceived school connection among ethnically-diverse Urban adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-470

  Ozer, Emily J ^a   Wolf, Jennifer Price ^a   Kong, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California HIV/STD Prevention Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Immigrant youth; Qualitative; School connection; Urban adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849113883     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558408316725     Document Type: Article

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