Academic self-concept and academic achievement: Relations and causal ordering

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-77

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS;

EID: 79952527934     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X503501     Document Type: Review

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