Do Friendships Afford Academic Benefits? A Meta-analytic Study

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1241-1267

  Wentzel, Kathryn R ^a   Jablansky, Sophie ^a   Scalise, Nicole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Cognitive processes; Friendship; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052150445     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-018-9447-5     Document Type: Article

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