Ethnic and generational differences in the relations between social support and academic achievement across the high school years

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-552

  Witkow, Melissa R ^a   Fuligni, Andrew J ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EID: 80052730560     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2011.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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