Internality-norm theory in educational contexts

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-397

  Pansu, Pascal ^a,c   Dubois, Nicole ^b   Dompnier, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Attribution; Effort; Motivation; Norm of internality; Scholastic judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149242480     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172748     Document Type: Article

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