Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students: Resilience in the Context of Chronic and Acute Risk

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 841-857

  Cutuli, J J ^a   Desjardins, Christopher David ^b   Herbers, Janette E ^b   Long, Jeffrey D ^c   Heistad, David ^e   Chan, Chi Keung ^d   Hinz, Elizabeth ^e   Masten, Ann S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIGRATION; READING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MINNESOTA; READING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84877316748     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12013     Document Type: Article

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