Predicting school achievement in boys and girls

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-245

  Freudenthaler, H Harald ^a   Spinath, Birgit ^b   Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Motivation; Personality; School achievement; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349148454     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.678     Document Type: Article

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