Child characteristics and parental educational expectations: Evidence for transmission with transaction

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2614-2632

  Briley, Daniel A ^a   Paige Harden, K ^a   Tucker Drob, Elliot M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Behavior genetics; Educational expectations; Expectancy value model; Transactional processes

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 84925708346     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038094     Document Type: Article

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