Neighbourhood effects on educational attainment of adolescents, buffered by personality and educational commitment

Social Science Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-109

  Nieuwenhuis, Jaap ^a,b   Hooimeijer, Pieter ^a   Meeus, Wim ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational commitment; Longitudinal; Neighbourhood effects; Personality types

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920076757     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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