The contribution of adolescent effortful control to early adult educational attainment

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 730-743

  Véronneau, Marie Hélène ^a   Fosco, Gregory M ^c   Racer, Kristina Hiatt ^b   Dishion, Thomas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Educational attainment level; Family background; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894259838     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035831     Document Type: Article

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