Predicting parental involvement in children's schooling within an economically disadvantaged African American sample

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-111

  Overstreet, Stacy ^a,b   Devine, Joel ^a   Bevans, Katherine ^a   Efreom, Yael ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

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EID: 11144288980     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20028     Document Type: Article

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