Adolescents' reports of parental engagement and academic achievement in immigrant families

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Plunkett, Scott W ^a   Behnke, Andrew O ^b   Sands, Tovah ^a   Choi, Brian Y ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent academic achievement; Educational advice; Immigrant families; Monitoring; Parent; Schoolwork help

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; STUDENTS;

EID: 58149516329     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9325-4     Document Type: Article

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