Mediational role of academic motivation in the association between school self-concept and school achievement among Indian adolescents in Canada and India

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-386

  Areepattamannil, Shaljan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Bootstrapping; Canada; India; Indian adolescents; Indian immigrant adolescents; Mediation; School achievement; School self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865581220     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-012-9187-1     Document Type: Article

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