Research on action-emotion style and study habits: Effects of individual differences on learning and academic performance of undergraduate students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 567-576

  De la Fuente, Jesús ^a   Cardelle Elawar, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Action emotion style; Empirical model; Higher education; Study habits

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350022201     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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