Self-control as predictor of school grades, life balance, and flow in adolescents

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-548

  Kuhnle, Claudia ^a   Hofer, Manfred ^a   Kilian, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84866928670     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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