Gift and sacrifice: Parental involvement in latino adolescents' education

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-127

  Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Maurizi, Laura K ^a   Suarez, Gloria A ^a   Aretakis, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Education; Immigrant; Latino; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL VALUE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POVERTY; SCHOOL; SOCIALIZATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84893452805     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033472     Document Type: Article

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