Parents' educational expectations and their social-psychological patterning

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-144

  Räty, Hannu ^a   Leinonen, Tuulia ^a   Snellman, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Parental Expectations; Representations; Social; Social Class

Indexed keywords

EID: 25944445688     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830220142164     Document Type: Article

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