Self-Confidence and academic achievements in Primary-school children: Their relationships and links to parental bonds, intelligence, age, and gender

Trends and Prospects in Metacognition Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 293-326

  Kleitman, Sabina ^a   Moscrop, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6546-2_14     Document Type: Chapter

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