Improving Academic Self-Efficacy, School Connectedness, and Identity in Struggling Middle School Girls: A Preliminary Study of the REAL Girls Program

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-126

  Mann, Michael J ^a   Smith, Megan L ^a   Kristjansson, Alfgeir L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk girls; gender responsive middle schools; resilience; youth development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84920951865     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114543005     Document Type: Article

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