Future time orientation predicts academic engagement among first-year university students

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 703-718

  Horstmanshof, Louise ^a   Zimitat, Craig ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 35348887697     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X160778     Document Type: Article

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