Multidimensional self concept scale: An examination of grade, race, and gender differences in third through sixth grade students' self-concepts

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-326

  Wilson, Patti L ^a  

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EID: 0032346868     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199810)35:4<317::aid-pits2>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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