A revised 10-item version of the achievement motives scale: Psychometric properties in German-speaking samples

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-224

  Lang, Jonas W B ^a   Fries, Stefan ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement Motives Scale; Motive measurement; Self attributed motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745366098     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.3.216     Document Type: Article

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