Predictors of academic performance among Indian students

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 139-157

  Ganguly, Sohinee ^a   Kulkarni, Mrinmoyi ^a   Gupta, Meenakshi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Academic self efficacy; Developmental change; Grade goals; Perceived stress; Time management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008199907     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: 15731928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-016-9345-y     Document Type: Article

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