The Effect of School-Specific Parenting Processes on Academic Achievement in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Family Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 728-741

  Gordon, Mellissa S ^a   Cui, Ming ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Parenting; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869001766     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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