The distinctiveness of affects in specific school subjects: An application of confirmatory factor analysis with the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 665-689

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0039460046     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312033003665     Document Type: Article

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