Academic self-concept and academic interest measurement: A multi-sample European study

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-15

  Corbière, Marc ^a   Fraccaroli, Franco ^b   Mbekou, Valentin ^c,e   Perron, Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic interest; Academic self concept; Multi sample confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645897010     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173566     Document Type: Article

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