How important are school and interpersonal student characteristics in determining later adolescent school connectedness, by school sector?

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-243

  Waters, Stacey K ^a   Cross, Donna ^b   Shaw, Therese ^b  

^a Biomedical and Health Sciences   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional problems; Family relationship; Mental health; School systems; Student teacher relationship; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957734489     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494411005400207     Document Type: Article

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