Predicting children's liking of school from their peer relationships

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-501

  Boulton, Michael J ^a   Don, Jacqui ^a   Boulton, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friendship; Peer acceptance; Peer relationships; Peer support; School liking

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055188459     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-011-9156-0     Document Type: Article

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