The role of moral and performance character strengths in predicting achievement and conduct among urban middle school students

Teachers College Record

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Seider, Scott ^a   Gilbert, Jennifer K ^b   Novick, Sarah ^a   Gomez, Jessica ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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