Family environment, educational aspirations, and academic achievement in two cultural settings

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 540-558

  Seginer, Rachel ^a   Vermulst, Ad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0036433765     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220022102238268     Document Type: Article

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