Authoritative School Climate and High School Student Risk Behavior: A Cross-sectional Multi-level Analysis of Student Self-Reports

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2246-2259

  Cornell, Dewey ^a   Huang, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk behavior; School climate; Student aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTHORITY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL TEACHER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; VIRGINIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTHORITARIANISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84954518461     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0424-3     Document Type: Article

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