Psychosocial environment and student self-handicapping in secondary school mathematics classes: A cross-national study

Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 499-511

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a   Adams, Joan E ^b   Ferguson, Janet M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 3042647359     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341022000023590     Document Type: Article

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