Trajectories of educational expectations from adolescence to young adulthood in Finland

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1674-1685

  Tynkkynen, Lotta ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories; Educational expectations; Expectancy value theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869467694     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027245     Document Type: Article

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