Goal orientations in Russian university students: From mastery to performance?

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-691

  Remedios, Richard ^a   Kiseleva, Zoya ^b   Elliott, Joe ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Goal theory; Motivation; Performance avoidance; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749102107     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802200257     Document Type: Article

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