Personal investment, culture and learning: Insights into school achievement across Anglo, Aboriginal, Asian and Lebanese students in Australia

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 870-879

  McLnerney, Dennis M ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; Asian; Lebanese; Personal investment; School achievement

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEBANON; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; LEBANON; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 50949083977     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701836364     Document Type: Article

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