Parents' Influence on Children's Achievement-Related Perceptions

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 435-452

  Frome, Pamela M ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031988910     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.435     Document Type: Article

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