When competence and love are at stake: Achievement goals and perceived closeness to parents in an achievement context

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1386-1391

  Moller, Arlen C ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Friedman, Ron ^c  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Attachment; Competence; Mastery approach; Motivation; Parents; Performance avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949116310     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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