Interest as the missing motivator in self-regulation

European Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Sansone, Carol ^a   Thoman, Dustin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Interest; Intrinsic motivation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144481792     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.3.175     Document Type: Article

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