Relationships among achievement goal motivation, impulsivity, and the music practice of collegiate brass and woodwind players

Psychology of Music

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-67

  Miksza, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement goal; behaviors; deliberate practice; impulsivity; performance achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650847373     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735610361996     Document Type: Article

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