Children's school performance and their parents' causal attributions to ability and effort: A longitudinal study

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-22

  Natale, Katja ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ability; Academic performance; Effort; Parents' causal attributions; School transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149472375     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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