Conceptions of ability as stable and self-evaluative processes: A longitudinal examination

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 152-173

  Pomerantz, Eva M ^a   Saxon, Jill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035227764     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00271     Document Type: Article

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