Forced choice versus open-ended assessments of goal orientations: A descriptive study

Revue Internationale de Psychologie Sociale

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 217-246

  Sideridis, Georgios D ^a   Mouratidis, Athanasios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Achievement goal theory; Assessment; Goal orientations; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949109588     PISSN: 0992986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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