Parental behavioural control and academic achievement: Striking the balance between control and involvement

Research in Education

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-98

  Kramer, Karen Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescents; Parental behavioural control; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873458314     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/RIE.88.1.8     Document Type: Article

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