The assessment of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and amotivation: Validity and reliability of the greek version of the academic motivation scale

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-55

  Barkoukis, Vassilis ^a   Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos ^a   Grouios, George ^a   Sideridis, Georgios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 77953000151     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701876128     Document Type: Article

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