Personal and family paths to pupil achievement

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 907-922

  Alomar, Bader O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; Achievement; Parental education; Parental involvement; Path analysis; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749370148     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.907     Document Type: Article

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