Do parents' academic gender stereotypes influence whether they intrude on their children's homework?

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 597-607

  Bhanot, Ruchi ^a   Jovanovic, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; Math ability perceptions; Parental intrusive support

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744462157     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3728-4     Document Type: Review

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