Personal and ecological assets and academic competence in early adolescence: The mediating role of school engagement

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 801-815

  Li, Yibing ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^b   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic competence; Developmental assets; Mediation; School engagement; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; SCHOOL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77953497405     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9535-4     Document Type: Article

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