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Marjoribanks, Kevin; Mboya, Mzobanzi – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2004
This study is an examination of relationships among family background, family and school learning environments, goal orientations, and students' interest in music. Data were collected from 18-year-old black South African students, 340 women and 285 men, whose main language was IsiXhosa. Findings indicated that when family background was defined…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Social Status, Goal Orientation
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Marjoribanks, Kevin; Mboya, Mzobanzi – Educational Studies, 1997
Examines relationships between environmental contexts, sibling structure, immediate family settings, and students' affective characteristics. Finds that immediate family settings have a stronger effect on student affect than family environmental contexts and that there are gender-related differences in the nature of the relationships between…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Children, Emotional Development