Processing Goals, Task Interest, and the Mood-Performance Relationship: A Mediational Analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-261

  Hirt, Edward R ^a   McDonald, Hugh E ^a   Melton, R Jeffrey ^b   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Martin University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030209566     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.2.245     Document Type: Article

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