Low- and high-socioeconomic status students preference for ingroup comparisons and their underpinning ability expectations

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Régner, Isabelle ^a,c   Monteil, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS UPS 846   (France)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Comparison level expectations; Ingroup comparison; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149032858     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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