Contextualizing the "Behavior Gap": Student Prosocial Behavior and Racial Composition in Urban Middle Schools

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-177

  Voight, Adam M ^a   Geller, Joanna D ^a   Nation, Maury ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

middle schools; prosocial behavior; race; school context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891512068     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431613482043     Document Type: Article

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