Socially oriented achievement goals of Chinese university students in Singapore: Structure and relationships with achievement motives, goals and affective outcomes

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 880-885

  Chang, Weining C ^a   Wong, Kaishi ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Achievement motives; Affect; Chinese students; Socially oriented goals

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHINA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949127609     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701836398     Document Type: Article

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