Parents' Motivations for Involvement in Children's Education: An Empirical Test of a Theoretical Model of Parental Involvement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 532-544

  Green, Christa L ^a   Walker, Joan M T ^b   Hoover Dempsey, Kathleen V ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age related differences; parental involvement; parents' motivation for involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548858422     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.532     Document Type: Article

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