The how, whom, and why of parents' involvement in children's academic lives: More is not always better

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-410

  Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Moorman, Elizabeth A ^a   Litwack, Scott D ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheivement; Motivation; Parent involvement; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548602944     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/003465430305567     Document Type: Article

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