High school identity climate and student identity development

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-228

  Rich, Yisrael ^a   Schachter, Elli P ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Identity development; Identity exploration; School identity climate; Teacher caring; Teachers as role models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861481316     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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