Self-concept of academic ability as a function of sex, age, and academic achievement among African adolescents

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Mboya, Mzobanzi M ^a  

^a VISTA UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RABBIT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032135122     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.1.155     Document Type: Article

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