The transition to high school as a developmental process among multiethnic urban youth

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-376

  Benner, Aprile D ^a   Graham, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65349100145     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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