A Prospective Study of Differential Sources of School-Related Social Support and Adolescent Global Life Satisfaction

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Siddall, James ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^a   Jiang, Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Life satisfaction; Parent child relationship; Peer support; School satisfaction; School social climate; School social support; Teacher student relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872581919     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12006     Document Type: Article

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