The illusion of incompetence and its correlates among elementary school children and their parents

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-46

  Bouffard, Thérèse ^a   Boisvert, Martine ^a   Vezeau, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elementary school children; Incompetence; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542634811     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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