Are positive illusions about academic competence always adaptive, under all circumstances: New results and future directions

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Butler, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Gender; Positive bias; Veridical self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455154957     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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