A cross-cultural investigation of the efficacy beliefs of South Asian immigrant and Anglo Canadian nonimmigrant early adolescents

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 731-742

  Klassen, Robert M ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 10844253729     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.4.731     Document Type: Review

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