Hope and optimism: Latent structures and influences on grade expectancy and academic performance

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-260

  Rand, Kevin L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149105783     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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