Ability of stress, sense of control, and self-theories to predict Swedish high school students' final grades

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-169

  Ollfors, Marianne ^a   Andersson, Sven Ingmar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 34547348870     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610701434241     Document Type: Article

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