The effect of attributional retraining on mastery and performance motivation among first-year college students

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-207

  Haynes, Tara L ^a   Daniels, Lia M ^b   Stupnisky, Robert H ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^a   Hladkyj, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 52949098275     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530802374972     Document Type: Article

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