Ego depletion effects on mathematics performance in primary school students: Why take the hard road?

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-281

  Price, Deborah Ann ^a   Yates, Gregory C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Aspiration; Primary; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951706226     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903563330     Document Type: Article

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