A cross-cultural perspective of parental influence on female adolescents’ achievement beliefs and behaviors in sport and school domains

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-505

  Bhalla, Jennifer A ^a   Weiss, Maureen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female athletes; Qualitative methods; Social influence; Youth development

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SPORTS;

EID: 79952262726     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599711     Document Type: Article

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