Achievement Motivation and Academic Performance among Turkish Early and Young Adolescents in the Netherlands

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 378-408

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   Thijs, Jochem ^b   Canatan, Kadir ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Minorities; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL VALUES; TURKEY;

EID: 0035523843     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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