Perceived support provided by teachers and classmates and students' self-reported academic initiative

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-267

  Danielsen, Anne G ^a,b   Wiium, Nora ^b   Wilhelmsen, Britt U ^a   Wold, Bente ^b  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Initiative; Multilevel; SEM; Social support; Teacher

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77951092238     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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