Goal orientation, goal difficulty, and incentive values of academic goals

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 681-689

  Wicker, Frank W ^a   Hamman, Douglas ^b   Reed, Joylynn H ^c   McCann, Erin J ^d   Turner, Jeannine E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Southwest Educational Development Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFFECT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22944479636     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.3.681-689     Document Type: Review

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