Latent motivational change in an academic setting: A 3-year longitudinal study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-183

  Otis, Nancy ^a   Grouzet, Frederick M E ^a   Pelletier, Luc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dropout; Latent change; Motivational change; School transition; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444505257     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.2.170     Document Type: Article

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