Self-beliefs among students: Grade level and gender differences in self-esteem, self-efficacy and implicit theories of intelligence

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Diseth, Åge ^a   Meland, Eivind ^a   Breidablik, Hans Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b District General Hospital of Førde   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Implicit theories of intelligence; Self beliefs; Self efficacy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903842397     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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