Parents' Participation in a Work-Based Anti-Poverty Program Can Enhance Their Children's Future Orientation: Understanding Pathways of Influence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 777-791

  Purtell, Kelly M ^a   McLoyd, Vonnie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Future orientation; Poverty; Reading skills; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PARENTS; POVERTY; READING;

EID: 84877599834     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9802-7     Document Type: Article

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