Worry, General Self-Efficacy and School Achievement: An Exploratory Study With Chinese Adolescents

Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-80

  Tang, Natalia Yuen yi ^a   Westwood, Peter ^b  

^a San Wui Commercial Society   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85006965938     PISSN: 10372911     EISSN: 18392520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/ajgc.17.1.68     Document Type: Article

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