Reliability and validity evidence of scores on the achievement goal tendencies questionnaire in a sample of Spanish students of compulsory secondary education

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1048-1060

  Ingles, Candido J ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Jose M ^b   Castejon, Juan L ^b   Valle, Antonio ^c   Delgado, Beatriz ^a   Marzo, Juan C ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

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EID: 76749110422     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20443     Document Type: Article

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