Social achievement goals: The nature and consequences of different orientations toward social competence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1246-1263

  Ryan, Allison M ^a   Shim, Sungok Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Adjustment; Motivation; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33747127436     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206289345     Document Type: Article

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