The nature and correlates of underachievement among elementary schoolchildren in Hong Kong

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 785-801

  McCall, Robert B ^a   Beach, Scott R ^c   Lau, Sing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 0034186430     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00185     Document Type: Article

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