Music lessons and academic self-concept in 12- to 14-year-old children

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-215

  Degé, Franziska ^a   Wehrum, Sina ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Schwarzer, Gudrun ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

academic self concept; children; conative transfer; music lessons; music training; transfer effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900384068     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864914523283     Document Type: Article

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