The relationship between perceptions of the classroom goal structure and early adolescents' affect in school: The mediating role of coping strategies

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-212

  Kaplan, Avi ^a   Midgley, Carol ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033474539     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(00)80005-9     Document Type: Article

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