Parents' Role in Adolescents' Educational Expectations

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-590

  Rimkute, Laura ^a   Hirvonen, Riikka ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

academic achievement; educational aspirations; educational expectations; level of education; parental aspirations; parental expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868695940     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2011.621133     Document Type: Article

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