Lost confidence and potential: A mixed methods study of underachieving college students' sources of self-efficacy

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-268

  Fong, Carlton J ^a   Krause, Jaimie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Motivation; Sources of self efficacy; Underachievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902315670     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9239-1     Document Type: Article

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