Long-term costs of inflated self-estimate on academic performance among adolescent students: A case of second-language achievements

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 727-737

  Yang, Mu Li ^a   Chuang, Hsueh Hua ^b   Chiou, Wen Bin ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTILINGUALISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449136777     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.3.727-737     Document Type: Article

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