Goal orientations, coping with school failure and school achievement

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-70

  Brdar, Ingrid ^a   Rijavec, Majda ^b   Loncaric, Darko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Coping strategies; Goal orientations; School achievement; School failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645955607     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173569     Document Type: Review

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