A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of Differential Sources of School-Related Social Support and Adolescents' School Satisfaction

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1073-1086

  Jiang, Xu ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^a   Siddall, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; School satisfaction; School social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886751162     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0190-x     Document Type: Article

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