Out-of-school activities and academic achievement: The mediating role of self-beliefs

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-256

  Valentine, Jeffrey C ^b   Cooper, Harris ^b   Bettencourt, B Ann ^b   DuBois, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0036447378     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3704_4     Document Type: Review

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