Transactional Analysis of the Reciprocal Links Between Peer Experiences and Academic Achievement From Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 773-790

  Véronneau, Marie Hélène ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^a,b   Dishion, Thomas J ^c   Tremblay, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Friendship; Peer relations; Social acceptance; Transactional analysis

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954635194     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019816     Document Type: Article

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