A brief measure of adolescent perceptions of school climate

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-359

  White, Nick ^a   La Salle, Tamika ^b   Ashby, Jeffrey S ^a   Meyers, Joel ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; School climate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84925614698     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000075     Document Type: Article

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