Associations between psychosocial functioning and academic achievement: The peruvian case

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 725-738

  Manrique Millones, Denisse Lisette ^a   Van Leeuwen, Karla ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Behavioral problems; Childhood; Development psychology; Educative psychology; Peru; Quantitative research; Self worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897820483     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.UPSY12-3.apfa     Document Type: Article

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