The Development of the Perceived School Experiences Scale

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-194

  Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^a   Amorose, Anthony ^b   Iachini, Aidyn ^c   Ball, Annahita ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic motivation; academic press; scale development; school connectedness; school experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857343899     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511419866     Document Type: Article

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