Changes in Academic Adjustment and Relational Self-worth Across the Transition to Middle School

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1372-1384

  Ryan, Allison M ^a   Shim, Sungok Serena ^b   Makara, Kara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic adjustment; Early adolescence; Middle school; Self worth

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACULTY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84881558659     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9984-7     Document Type: Article

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