Modeling Mexican Americans' educational expectations: Longitudinal effects of variables across adolescence

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-153

  Trusty, Jerry ^a   Plata, Maximino ^b   Salazar, Carmen F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educational expectations; Mexican americans; Parents; Postsecondary

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944524135     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558402250345     Document Type: Article

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