Reevaluating the evidence for increasingly positive self-views among high school students: More evidence for consistency across generations (1976-2006): Commentary

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 920-922

  Trzesniewski, Kali H ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650466115     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02361.x     Document Type: Note

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