Role of resilient personality on lower achieving first grade students' current and future achievement

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-82

  Kwok, Oi man ^a   Hughes, Jan N ^a   Luo, Wen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Ego resiliency; Elementary students; Positive personality; Resilience; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845485245     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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