Social Support Matters: Longitudinal Effects of Social Support on Three Dimensions of School Engagement From Middle to High School

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 877-895

  Wang, Ming Te ^a,b   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84860494963     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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