Academic achievement at the cost of ambition: The mixed results of a supportive, interactive environment on socially anxious teenagers

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 166-171

  Machell, Kyla A ^a   Blalock, Dan V ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Yuen, Mantak ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Ambition; Classroom climate; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; COLLEGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; TEACHER;

EID: 84944463981     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.018     Document Type: Article

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