Future Orientation, School Contexts, and Problem Behaviors: A Multilevel Study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-81

  Chen, Pan ^a   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Deviance; Future hopefulness; Hierarchical linear modeling; Interaction; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871454095     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9785-4     Document Type: Article

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