The Role of Mentor Type and Timing in Predicting Educational Attainment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1459-1472

  Fruiht, Veronica M ^a   Wray Lake, Laura ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Add Health; Adolescence; Educational attainment; Ethnicity; Kin mentor; Mentoring; Teacher

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTORS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881483975     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9817-0     Document Type: Article

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