School engagement among urban adolescents of color: Does perception of social support and neighborhood safety really matter?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-74

  Daly, Brian P ^a   Shin, Richard Q ^b   Thakral, Charu ^c   Selders, Michael ^c   Vera, Elizabeth ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Protective factors; Risk resilience; School context; School engagement; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58549118424     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9294-7     Document Type: Article

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