A structural model of educational aspirations

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-108

  Garg, Rashmi ^a   Kauppi, Carol ^a   Lewko, John ^a   Urajnik, Diana ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic aspiration; Parental involvement; Personal educational self schema; Structured equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036361722     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019964119690     Document Type: Article

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