Enhancing peer cultures of academic effort and achievement in early adolescence: Promotive effects of the seals intervention

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 216-228

  Hamm, Jill V ^a   Farmer, Thomas W ^b   Lambert, Kerrylin ^a   Gravelle, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic adjustment; Adolescence; Peer groups; Popularity; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891798428     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032979     Document Type: Article

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