The role of peer relationships in student academic and extracurricular engagement

Handbook of Research on Student Engagement

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 387-401

  Juvonen, Jaana ^a   Espinoza, Guadalupe ^a   Knifsend, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_18     Document Type: Chapter

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