Explaining chinese students' academic motivation: Filial piety and self-determination

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-392

  Huia, Eadaoin K P ^a   Suna, Rachel C F ^a   Chowa, Stephen Sau Yan ^a   Chu, MatthewHo Tat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Wah Yan College Kowloon   (China)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Autonomy; Competence; Filial piety; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953886815     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2011.559309     Document Type: Article

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