Regulation of achievement goals: The role of competence feedback

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 320-336

  Senko, Corwin ^a,b   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement orientation; Goals; Mastery; Performance approach; Performance avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444458867     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.3.320     Document Type: Article

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