Another path to belonging: A case study of middle school students' perspectives

Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-96

  Green, Marissa ^a   Emery, Alyssa ^a   Sanders, Megan ^a   Anderman, Lynley H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early adolescence; peer relationships; sense of belonging; teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017720943     PISSN: 20590776     EISSN: 20590784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/edp.2016.4     Document Type: Article

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