Parental involvement, interest in schooling and school environment as predictors of academic self-efficacy among fresh secondary school students in Oyo state, Nigeria

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 163-180

  Adeyemo, David Akinlolu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Academic self efficacy; Interest in schooling; Parental involvement; School environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845986658     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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