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Social Support as a Buffer in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance
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Direct linkMalecki, Christine Kerres; Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick – School Psychology Quarterly, 2006
The present study was an investigation of the potential moderating effect of social support on academic performance for students living in poverty. Data were collected in one urban middle school from 164 primarily Hispanic students using the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS; Malecki, Demaray, & Elliott, 2000) and students' course…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, School Psychologists, Poverty, Grade Point Average
