Whether highly curious students thrive academically depends on perceptions about the school learning environment: A study of Hong Kong adolescents

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-270

  Kashdan, Todd Barrett ^a   Yuen, Mantak ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; Curiosity; Education; Performance; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749020125     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-007-9074-9     Document Type: Article

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