Changes in School Connectedness and Deviant Peer Affiliation Among Sixth-Grade Students From High-Poverty Neighborhoods

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 896-922

  Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz ^a   Niehaus, Kate ^b   Crockett, Lisa J ^a   Rakes, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom behavior environment; low income; problem risky antisocial behaviors; school context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909966723     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431613511330     Document Type: Article

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