Perceived teacher acceptance, parental acceptance, academic achievement, and school conduct of middle school students in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Khan, Shaila ^a   Haynes, Linden ^a   Armstrong, Alfredlene ^b   Rohner, Ronald P ^b  

^a TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Mississippi Delta region; Parental acceptance; School conduct; Teacher acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954730197     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397110368030     Document Type: Article

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