Examining the components and concomitants of parental structure in the academic domain

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-279

  Farkas, Melanie S ^a   Grolnick, Wendy S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescent motivation; Parenting; Perceived competence; Self determination; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955925737     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-010-9176-7     Document Type: Article

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