An Investigation of Some Features of the Psychosocial Learning Environment in Some Nigerian Secondary SchoolsFootnote^[1]

^[1] This study was funded by the College Research Committee of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria. However the views expressed in this paper are those of the author. No official endorsement should be inferred

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