"If You Can Dream It, You Can Achieve It." Parent Memorable Messages as Indicators of College Student Success

Communication Education

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-66

  Kranstuber, Haley ^a   Carr, Kristen ^a   Hosek, Angela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College student success; Memorable messages; Parent communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858597123     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2011.620617     Document Type: Article

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