The Impact of School-Based Mentoring on Youths With Different Relational Profiles

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 450-462

  Schwartz, Sarah E O ^a   Rhodes, Jean E ^a   Chan, Christian S ^a   Herrera, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Public/Private Ventures   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent profile analysis; Parent relationships; Teacher relationships; Youth mentoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952588279     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021379     Document Type: Article

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