Dropping out of high school: The role of parent and teacher self-determination support, reciprocal friendships and academic motivation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 44-45, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-40

  Ricard, Nathalie C ^a   Pelletier, Luc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Dropping out of high school; Reciprocal friendships; Support for basic psychological needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960932682     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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