Mastery motivation: Stability and predictive validity from ages two to eight

Early Education and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-424

  Gilmore, Linda ^a   Cuskelly, Monica ^b   Purdie, Nola ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 63649125938     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1404_2     Document Type: Article

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