A meta-analytic path analysis of the internal/ external frame of reference model of academic achievement and academic self-concept

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1129-1167

  Möller, Jens ^a   Pohlmann, Britta ^a   Köller, Olaf ^b   Marsh, Herb W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability beliefs; Comparison processes; I E model; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950540231     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654309337522     Document Type: Article

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