Identified Versus Introjected Approach and Introjected Avoidance Motivations in School and in Sports: The Limited Benefits of Self-Worth Strivings

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 482-497

  Assor, Avi ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Kaplan, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

approach and avoidance motivation; identified motivation; introjected motivation; self determination theory; self esteem motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249159059     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014236     Document Type: Article

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