Parenting behaviors and learning of Singapore students: The mediational role of achievement goals

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-285

  Luo, Wenshu ^a,b   Aye, Khin Maung ^a   Hogan, David ^a   Kaur, Berinderjeet ^a   Chan, Melvin Chee Yeen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Learning; Parental behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876989263     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9303-8     Document Type: Article

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