Spontaneous and reactive attributions following academic achievement

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-86

  Möller, Jens ^a   Koller, Olaf ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 0001843529     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009690303176     Document Type: Article

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