Achievement Goals, Failure Attributions, and Academic Performance in Nontraditional and Traditional College Students

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-372

  Eppler, Marion A ^a   Carsen Plentl, Catherine ^b   Harju, Beverly L ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347013772     PISSN: 08861641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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