Estimating one's own and one's relatives' multiple intelligence: A cross-cultural study from East Timor and Portugal

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 518-527

  Neto, Félix ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Da Conceição Pinto, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Multiple intelligences; Parents; Selfestimates; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149103024     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S113874160000189X     Document Type: Article

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