Salient sources of early adolescents' self-efficacy in two domains

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-61

  Butz, Amanda R ^a   Usher, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Math education; Motivation; Reading education; Self efficacy; Sources of self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929207403     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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