Mexican American adolescents' academic achievement and aspirations: The role of perceived parental educational involvement, acculturation, and self-esteem

Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 174, 2009, Pages 313-333

  Carranza, Francisco D ^a,b   You, Sukkyung ^a   Chhuon, Vichet ^a   Hudley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950769648     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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