Academic buoyancy: Towards an understanding of students' everyday academic resilience

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-83

  Martin, Andrew J ^a   Marsh, Herbert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic buoyancy; Academic resilience; Engagement; High school students; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37249079127     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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