An examination of factors related to taiwanese adolescents' reports of avoidance strategies

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-388

  Shih, Shu Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Avoidance strategies; Implicit theories of intelligence; Self determination theory; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649605076     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.102.5.377-388     Document Type: Article

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