The impact of acculturation on the perception of academic achievement by immigrant mothers and their children

School Psychology International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-70

  Zadeh, Zohreh Yaghoub ^a   Geva, Esther ^b   Rogers, Maria A ^b  

^a Canadian Council on Learning   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Acculturation; Attributions; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949147936     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034307088503     Document Type: Article

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