Role of Social-Cognitive Expectations in High School Students' Mathematics-Related Interest and Performance

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-52

  Lopez, Frederick G ^b   Brown, Steven D ^a   Lent, Robert W ^c   Gore Jr , Paul A ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0002331123     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.44.1.44     Document Type: Article

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