Interpersonal Competence Configurations, Attachment to Community, and Residential Aspirations of Rural Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1091-1105

  Petrin, Robert A ^a   Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Meece, Judith L ^b   Byun, Soo yong ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirations; High school; Risk; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960634108     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9690-2     Document Type: Article

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