Parents’ conceptions of their homework involvement in elementary school;Concepciones de los padres sobre su implicación en los deberes en la escuela primaria

Psicothema

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-165

  Cunha, Jennifer ^a   Rosário, Pedro ^a   Macedo, Lúcia ^a   Nunes, Ana Rita ^a   Fuentes, Sonia ^b   Pinto, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Homework; Parental involvement; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILE; COOPERATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CHILE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84928693850     PISSN: 02149915     EISSN: 1886144X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2014.210     Document Type: Article

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