Students' anti-intellectual attitudes and adjustment to college

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 909-914

  Hook, Richard J ^a  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 3142727574     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3.909-914     Document Type: Article

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