Mothers' mastery-oriented involvement in children's homework: Implications for the well-being of children with negative perceptions of competence

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-111

  Pomerantz, Eva M ^a,b   Ng, Florrie Fei Yin ^a   Wang, Qian ^a  

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

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Homework; Mental health; Motivation; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645728408     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.1.99     Document Type: Review

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