Longitudinal roles of precollege contexts in low-income youths' postsecondary persistence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1686-1693

  Diemer, Matthew A ^a   Li, Cheng Hsien ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Expectancies; Low income; Postsecondary persistence; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84874336058     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025347     Document Type: Article

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