Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1161-1176

  Vallerand, Robert J ^a   Fortier, Michelle S ^b   Guay, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0031136130     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.5.1161     Document Type: Article

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