Measuring emotions in students' learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ)

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Goetz, Thomas ^b,c   Frenzel, Anne C ^d   Barchfeld, Petra ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Thurgau University of Teacher Education   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement emotion; Anger; Boredom; Control value theory; Pride; Self regulated learning; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650564566     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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