Joint contributions of peer acceptance and peer academic reputation to achievement in academically at-risk children: Mediating processes

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 448-459

  Chen, Qi ^a   Hughes, Jan N ^b   Liew, Jeffrey ^b   Kwok, Oi Man ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic engagement; Peer academic reputation; Peer acceptance; Perceived academic competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649518906     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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