Implicit and self-attributed achievement motives: Concordance and predictive validity

Journal of Personality

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 729-756

  Thrash, Todd M ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ACHIEVEMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036782854     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.05022     Document Type: Article

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