Parents' assessments of their children's abilities

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-437

  Räty, Hannu ^a   Snellman, Leila ^b   Vainikainen, Aki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abilities; Gender; Parents; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242556     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173124     Document Type: Article

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