Worries About Middle School Transition and Subsequent Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Classroom Goal Structure

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-710

  Duchesne, Stéphane ^a   Ratelle, Catherine F ^a   Roy, Amélie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adjustment; goal structures; middle school transition; worries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866286271     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431611419506     Document Type: Article

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