'Friends and grades': Peer preference and attachment predict academic success among Naskapi youth

School Psychology International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-386

  Burack, Jacob A ^a   D'Arrisso, Alexandra ^a   Ponizovsky, Vladimir ^a   Troop Gordon, Wendy ^b   Mandour, Tarek ^c   Tootoosis, Curtis ^c   Robinson, Sandy ^c   Iarocci, Grace ^d   Fryberg, Stephanie ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Central Québec School Board   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples; education; First Nations; indigenous populations; Native American; peer relations; Qu bec; school performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878040803     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034312446888     Document Type: Article

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