An examination of the first/second-grade form of the pictorial scale of perceived competence and social acceptance: Factor structure and stability by grade and gender across groups of economically disadvantaged children

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-331

  French, Brian F ^a   Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Self competence; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147173944     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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