Authoritative school climate and high school dropout rates

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 289-303

  Jia, Yuane ^a   Konold, Timothy R ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic expectations; High school dropout rates; Moderation; School climate

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL DROPOUT; SCHOOL TEACHER; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRGINIA;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84949309201     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: 19391560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000139     Document Type: Article

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