The relations between perceived parenting styles and academic achievement in Hong Kong: The mediating role of students' goal orientations

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-54

  Chen, Wei Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Goal orientations; Parenting styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911928042     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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