Attributional style, attributional retraining, and inoculation against motivational deficits

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-187

  Struthers, C Ward ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001959758     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02334731     Document Type: Article

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