Social background, gender and self-reported social competence in 11- and 12-year-old Andalusian Children

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 37-56

  Torres, María Victoria Trianes ^a   Cardelle Elawar, María ^b   Mena, María Jose Blanca ^a   Muñoz Sánchez, Ángela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Preadolescents; Self reported social competence; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247893316     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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