Self-handicapping status, claimed self-handicaps and reduced practice effort following success and failure feedback

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-170

  Thompson, Ted ^a   Richardson, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF EFFICACY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035293196     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709901158442     Document Type: Article

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