Predicting academic self-handicapping in different age groups: The role of personal achievement goals and social goals

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-611

  Leondari, Angeliki ^a,c   Gonida, Eleftheria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35348888910     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709906X128396     Document Type: Article

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