Adolescent Academic Achievement and School Engagement: An Examination of the Role of School-Wide Peer Culture

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-19

  Lynch, Alicia Doyle ^a   Lerner, Richard M ^b   Leventhal, Tama ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Peers; School culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871412176     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9833-0     Document Type: Article

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