Using past performance, proxy efficacy, and academic self-efficacy to predict college performance

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2518-2531

  Elias, Steven M ^a   MacDonald, Scott ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

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EID: 35348996585     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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