Perceived academic control and failure in college students: A three-year study of scholastic attainment

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-569

  Perry, Raymond P ^a   Hladkyj, Steven ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard H ^b   Clifton, Rodney A ^a   Chipperfield, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic achievement and scholastic development; Academic motivation and attrition; Perceived control in college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444436018     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-3364-4     Document Type: Article

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