The effects of educational context on individual difference variables, self-perceptions of giftedness, and school attitudes in gifted adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-703

  Zeidner, Moshe ^a   Schleyer, Esther Jane ^b  

^a Lab Cross Cultur Res Personality   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033272707     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021687500828     Document Type: Article

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