Self-concept in gifted youth: An investigation employing the Piers-Harris subscales

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-53

  Lewis, Joan D ^a   Knight, Harold V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 0012231353     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620004400105     Document Type: Article

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