A Longitudinal Analysis of Achievement Goals: From Affective Antecedents to Emotional Effects and Achievement Outcomes

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 948-963

  Daniels, Lia M ^a   Stupnisky, Robert H ^b   Pekrun, Reinhard ^c   Haynes, Tara L ^b   Perry, Raymond P ^b   Newall, Nancy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

achievement; achievement goals; emotion; first year college students; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449473087     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016096     Document Type: Article

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