Achievement goals and discrete achievement emotions: A theoretical model and prospective test

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 583-597

  Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Maier, Markus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals and emotions; Anxiety; Boredom; Enjoyment; Hope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746911574     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.3.583     Document Type: Article

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