Schools, families, and early adolescents: What are we doing wrong and what can we do instead?

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^a   Flanagan, Constance ^a   Lord, Sarah ^a   Midgley, Carol ^a   Roeser, Robert ^a   Yee, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 0030202560     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: 15367312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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