The self in action: An emerging link between self-beliefs and behaviors in middle childhood

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-188

  Davis Kean, Pamela E ^a   Jager, Justin ^a   Andrew Collins, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental changes; Middle childhood; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749141403     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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