School alienation, patriarchal gender-role orientations and the lower educational success of boys. A mixed-method study;Alienación escolar, rol de género patriarcal y los chicos con bajos niveles de Éxito escolar. Un estudio con métodos mixtos

Masculinities and Social Change

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-116

  Hadjar, Andreas ^a   Backes, Susanne ^a   Gysin, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boys; Lower educational success; Mixed methods; School alienation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957614980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20143605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4471/MCS.2015.61     Document Type: Article

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