School Climate Support for Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment: Testing the Mediating Effect of Social Competence

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-251

  Wang, Ming Te ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; adolescence; school climate perception; social competence; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950513734     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017999     Document Type: Article

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