Performance concern, contingent self-worth, and responses to repeated achievement failure in second graders

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 779-798

  Smiley, Patricia A ^a   Coulson, Sheri L ^b   Greene, Joelle K ^b   Bono, Katherine L ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent self worth; Individual differences; Motivation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957148473     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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