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Personal correlates of contrasting environments: Student satisfactions in high school classrooms

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The authors wish to thank Paul Schaffner, David Erichsen, Leslie Sapir, Robert Shelton, Penny Smail, and Bernie Van Dort for their work in data collection and analysis. This research was supported at Yale University by the Center for the Study of Education, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and at Stanford University School of Medicine by NIMH Grant MH 16026.

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Trickett, E.J., Moos, R.H. Personal correlates of contrasting environments: Student satisfactions in high school classrooms. Am J Commun Psychol 2, 1–12 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894149

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