Gender differences in school achievement: The role of self-regulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Weis, Mirjam ^a   Heikamp, Tobias ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior regulation; Emotion regulation; Gender differences; School achievement; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885333363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00442     Document Type: Article

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