Parent involvement in the academic adjustment of Latino middle and high school youth: Teacher expectations and school belonging as mediators

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-483

  Kuperminc, Gabriel P ^a   Darnell, Adam J ^a   Alvarez Jimenez, Anabel ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic adjustment; Latino youth; Parent involvement; School belonging; Social capital; Teacher expectations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TEACHER;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 46749090069     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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