The study experiences of the high achievers in a competitive academic environment: A cost of success?

Issues in Educational Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-270

  Nordmo, Ivar ^a   Samara, Akylina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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