Achievement after failure: The role of achievement goals and negative self-related thoughts

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-162

  Dickhäuser, Claudia ^a   Buch, Susanne R ^a   Dickhäuser, Oliver ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Failure; Goal orientations; Negative self related thoughts

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449265921     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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