Undergraduate men's and women's responses to positive and negative feedback about academic performance

Psychological Reports

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Lundgren, David C ^a   Sampson, Elaine Byram ^b   Cahoon, Melissa Berry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038552233     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.82.1.87     Document Type: Article

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