Internal and external frames of reference for academic self-concept

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-244

  Skaalvik, Einar M ^a   Skaalvik, Sidsel ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0036444536     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3704_3     Document Type: Review

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