Self-efficacy and the prediction of domain-specific cognitive abilities

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 339-360

  Paunonen, Sampo V ^a   Hong, Ryan Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 76149086489     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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