Peer relationships and adolescents' academic and non-academic outcomes: Same-sex and opposite-sex peer effects and the mediating role of school engagement

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-206

  Liem, Gregory Arief D ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 79955614894     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2010.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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