Parent academic involvement as related to school behavior, achievement, and aspirations: Demographic variations across adolescence

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1491-1509

  Hill, Nancy E ^a   Castellino, Domini R ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^a   Nowlin, Patrick ^b   Dodge, Kenneth A ^a   Bates, John E ^b   Pettit, Gregory S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 7444220013     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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