Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1293-1304

  Chang, Esther S ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^b   Greenberger, Ellen ^b   Chen, Chuansheng ^b  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; College adjustment; Late adolescents; Parental educational involvement; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956241563     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9488-7     Document Type: Article

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