‘The kids are doing all right’: Differences in parental satisfaction, expectation and attribution in St Petersburg, Sunderland and Kentucky

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-204

  Elliott, Julian G ^a   Hufton, Neil ^a   Illushin, Leonid ^b   Willis, Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^c MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001198230     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640125202     Document Type: Article

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