Gender, self-perception, and academic problems in high school

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-138

  Crosnoe, Robert ^a   Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^a   Muller, Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic failure; Education; Learning disability; Peers and stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847082161     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.1.118     Document Type: Article

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