Re-examining the effects of noncontingent success on self-handicapping behaviour

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-260

  Thompson, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 2942562531     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709904773839860     Document Type: Article

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