Organization of children's academic self-perceptions: Reanalysis and counter-interpretations of confirmatory factor analysis results

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 752-759

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031323964     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.4.752     Document Type: Article

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