Emotional experiences of students in the classroom: A multimethod qualitative study

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-151

  Ahmed, Wondimu ^a   Van Der Werf, Greetje ^a   Minnaert, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Emotional experiences; Multimethod; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953561015     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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