Parental aspirations for their children's educational attainment: Relations to ethnicity, parental education, children's academic performance, and parental perceptions of school climate

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1140-1152

  Spera, Christopher ^a   Wentzel, Kathryn R ^b   Matto, Holly C ^c  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent achievement; Educational aspirations; Parental influences; School climate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349786132     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9314-7     Document Type: Article

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