Positive self-concept: An equal opportunity construct

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-121

  Bracken, Bruce A ^a   Susan Lamprecht, M ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 0042163215     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.18.2.103.21859     Document Type: Review

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