Increased family involvement in school predicts improved child-teacher relationships and feelings about school for low-income children

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 226-254

  Dearing, Eric ^a   Kreider, Holly ^b   Weiss, Heather B ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Sociometrics   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Low income; Parent involvement; Student teacher relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749126185     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920802072462     Document Type: Article

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