Optimism and grade expectancies

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 873-879

  Stoecker, Jaimily A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0012194692     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3.873     Document Type: Article

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