Middle school friendships and academic achievement in early adolescence: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-124

  Véronneau, Marie Hélène ^a   Dishion, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; behavior problems; friendship; middle school students; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650769131     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610384485     Document Type: Article

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