Girls and mathematics - A "hopeless" issue? A control-value approach to gender differences in emotions towards mathematics

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-514

  Frenzel, Anne C ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Goetz, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Geneva University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achievement emotions; Anxiety; Control value theory; Gender differences; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349091715     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173468     Document Type: Article

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