The importance of students' goals in their emotional experience of academic failure: Investigating the precursors and consequences of shame

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-89

  Turner, Jeannine E ^a   Husman, Jenefer ^b   Schauert, Diane L ^a  

^a University of Alabama ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0037849911     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326985EP3702_3     Document Type: Review

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