Stability of biases in self-evaluation and relations to well-being among elementary school children

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Bouffard, Thérèse ^a   Vezeau, Carole ^a   Roy, Mathieu ^a   Lengelé, Aurélie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectory; Optimism; Psychosocial adjustment; Self evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455174571     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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