Multi-level aspects of social cohesion of secondary schools and pupils' feelings of safety

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-390

  Mooij, Ton ^a,b   Smeets, Ed ^a   de Wit, Wouter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960515442     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X526614     Document Type: Article

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