Looking beyond grades: Comparing self-esteem and perceived academic control as predictors of first-year college students' well-being

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Stupnisky, Robert H ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^b   Renaud, Robert D ^b   Hladkyj, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion; Health; Perceived control; Self esteem; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871923515     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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