Comparing self-esteem and perceived control as predictors of first-year college students' academic achievement

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-330

  Stupnisky, Robert H ^a   Renaud, Robert D ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^a   Ruthig, Joelle C ^b   Haynes, Tara L ^a   Clifton, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; College students; Perceived control; Self esteem; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848921109     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-007-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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