Parental involvement in predicting school motivation: Similar and differential effects across ethnic groups

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-35

  Fan, Weihua ^a   Williams, Cathy M ^a   Wolters, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic groups; parental involvement; school motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856318393     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2010.515625     Document Type: Article

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