Achievement Goal Promotion at University: Social Desirability and Social Utility of Mastery and Performance Goals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-134

  Darnon, Céline ^a   Dompnier, Benoît ^b   Delmas, Florian ^b   Pulfrey, Caroline ^c   Butera, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

achievement goals; social desirability; social utility; social value; university

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449118610     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012824     Document Type: Article

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