Measuring students' connectedness to school, teachers, and family: Validation of three scales

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-177

  Waters, Stacey ^a   Cross, Donna ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Composite scales; Connectedness; School; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957270322     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020942     Document Type: Article

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