Attribution of conditions for school performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-355

  Flammer, August ^a   Schmid, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Failure; Interview; School; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242809684     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173240     Document Type: Article

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