The role of parental support, parental monitoring, and time spent with parents in adolescent academic achievement in iceland: A structural model of gender differences

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-496

  Kristjánsson, Álfgeir Logi ^a   Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra ^a  

^a REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Achievement; Gender; Support; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349988291     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830903180786     Document Type: Article

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