Academic expectations as sources of stress in Asian students

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-407

  Tan, Joyce Beiyu ^a   Yates, Shirley ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

AESI; Expectations of parents and teachers; Expectations of self; Rasch analysis; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052472010     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-010-9146-7     Document Type: Article

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