Early adolescents' academic self-concept formation: Do classmates or friends matter most?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-200

  Wouters, Sofie ^a   Colpin, Hilde ^a   Van Damme, Jan ^a   De Laet, Steven ^a   Verschueren, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic self concept; BFLPE; Classmates; Elementary school; Friends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884563637     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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