Academic self-efficacy and academic self-concept: Reconsidering structural relationships

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-505

  Ferla, Johan ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Cai, Yonghong ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Academic self concept; Academic self efficacy; Math anxiety; Math interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350006818     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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