Coping with examinations: Exploring relationships between students' coping strategies, implicit theories of ability, and perceived control

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-528

  Doron, Julie ^a   Stephan, Yannick ^a   Boiché, Julie ^b   le Scanff, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249158486     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/978185409X402580     Document Type: Article

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