What explains boys' stronger confidence in their intelligence?

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 736-749

  Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a   Spinath, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Parental intelligence estimates; Psychometric intelligence; Self estimated intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350584651     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9675-8     Document Type: Article

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