Direct and indirect effects of parents' education on reading achievement among third graders in Sweden

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-711

  Myrberg, Eva ^a   Rosén, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350341874     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X453031     Document Type: Article

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