The role of perceptions of task difficulty in relation to self-perceptions of ability, intrinsic value, attainment value, and performance

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Li, Weidong ^a   Lee, Amelia ^b   Solmon, Melinda ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest; Object manipulation; Perceptions of task difficulty; Self perceptions of ability; Task mastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848877442     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07081797     Document Type: Article

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