Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Multiple Goal Research among Remote and Very Remote Indigenous Australian Students

Applied Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-668

  Mcinerney, Dennis M ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84864779154     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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