Academic self-handicapping: Relationships with learning specific and general self-perceptions and academic performance over time

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-222

  Gadbois, Shannon A ^a   Sturgeon, Ryan D ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955622265     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709910X522186     Document Type: Article

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