Self-concept test generalisability: Self-description questionnaire- I and the perception of ability scale for students

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-80

  Hay, Ian ^a   Ashman, Adrian F ^b   Van Kraayenoord, Christina E ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; self concept; tests; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342596209     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200027863     Document Type: Article

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