Evidence of Social Comparison in Mastery Goals in Natural Academic Settings

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 575-583

  Régner, Isabelle ^a   Escribe, Christian ^a   Dupeyrat, Caroline ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

classroom; mastery goals; performance goals; social comparison orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648847331     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.575     Document Type: Article

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