Causal uncertainty, claimed and behavioural self-handicapping

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-266

  Thompson, Ted ^a   Hepburn, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0041806797     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/00070990360626967     Document Type: Review

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