Approach and Avoidance Achievement Goals and Intrinsic Motivation: A Mediational Analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 461-475

  Elliot, Andrew J ^a   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0030539722     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.461     Document Type: Article

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