Social supports from teachers and peers as predictors of academic and social motivation

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Wentzel, Kathryn R ^a   Battle, Ann ^a   Russell, Shannon L ^a   Looney, Lisa B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Peers; Social support; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953873139     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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