Autonomous, Controlled, and Amotivated Types of Academic Motivation: A Person-Oriented Analysis

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-746

  Ratelle, Catherine F ^a   Guay, Frédéric ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b   Larose, Simon ^a   Senécal, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic motivation; college students; high school students; self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049067019     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.4.734     Document Type: Article

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