Longitudinal analysis of intrinsic motivation and competence beliefs: Is there a relation over time?

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1555-1569

  Spinath, Birgit ^a   Steinmayr, Ricarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CULTURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51949115978     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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