Adolescent educational success and mental health vary across school engagement profiles

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1266-1276

  Wang, Ming Te ^a   Peck, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Mental health; Multidimensional construct; Person centered approach; School engagement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84879579263     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030028     Document Type: Article

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