Students' goal achievement: Exploring individual and situational factors;Metas de Logro de los estudiantes: Exploración de los factores individuales y situacionales

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1031-1052

  Derrer Rendall, Nicola ^a   Wesson, Caroline ^a   Anderson, Lindsey ^a   Bould, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Goal achievement; Goal commitment; Goal setting; Normative information; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952107364     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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