The Reciprocal Effects Model Revisited: Extending Its Reach to Gifted Students Attending Academically Selective Schools

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 143-156

  Seaton, Marjorie ^a,b   Marsh, Herbert W ^b,c,d   Parker, Philip D ^a,b   Craven, Rhonda G ^b   Yeung, Alexander S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

academic achievement; academic self concept; gifted students; reciprocal effects model; selective education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936160128     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986215583870     Document Type: Article

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