Psychological and educational variables in university dropout

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 603-622

  Bethencourt, José Tomás ^a   Cabrera, Lidia ^a   Hernández, Juan Andrés ^a   Álvarez Pérez, Pedro ^a   González Afonso, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational characteristics; Higher education; Psychological characteristics; University dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043472412     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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