Expanding the concept of belonging in academic domains: Development and validation of the ability uncertainty scale

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-202

  Lewis, Karyn L ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability beliefs; Academic persistence; Motivation; Scale validation; Sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027919014     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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