Promotive peer contexts of academic and social adjustment among rural African American early adolescent boys

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 2 PART 3, 2013, Pages 278-288

  Hamm, Jill V ^a   Lambert, Kerrylin ^a   Agger, Charlotte A ^a   Farmer, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic effort; African American adolescents; Network centrality; Promotive social networks; School adjustment; School belonging; School valuing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC EFFORT; AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS; NETWORK CENTRALITY; PROMOTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT; SCHOOL BELONGING; SCHOOL VALUING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84881007029     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12030     Document Type: Article

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