Motivational dynamics of children's academic help-seeking and concealment

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-82

  Marchand, Gwen ^a,b   Skinner, Ellen A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clark County School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Elementary school; Help avoidance; Help seeking; Middle school; Motivation; School transition; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847612452     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.1.65     Document Type: Article

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