The relative age effect and the development of self-esteem

Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-320

  Thompson, Angus H ^a   Barnsley, Roger H ^b   Battle, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Edmonton Public Schools   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional development; Family structure; Relative age; Self esteem; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644248870     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188042000277368     Document Type: Article

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