From dispositional affect to academic goal attainment: The mediating role of coping

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Soucy Chartier, Isabelle ^a,b   Gaudreau, Patrick ^a   Fecteau, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic; Coping; Dispositional; Goal attainment; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649639250     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615801003725360     Document Type: Article

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