Perceived threat, Controlling parenting, and children's achievement orientations

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-121

  Gurland, Suzanne T ^a,b   Grolnick, Wendy S ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Controlling parenting; Perceived threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544456953     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-005-7956-2     Document Type: Review

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