Extracurricular involvement among affluent youth: A scapegoat for "ubiquitous achievement pressures"?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 583-597

  Luthar, Suniya S ^a   Shoum, Karen A ^a   Brown, Pamela J ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement pressure; Affluence; Extracurricular activities; Parent criticism; Parent expectations

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ART; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746826953     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.583     Document Type: Article

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