Relationship between social context, self-efficacy, motivation, academic achievement, and intention to drop out of high school: A longitudinal study

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-252

  Alivernini, Fabio ^a   Lucidi, Fabio ^b  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la valutazione del sistema Educativo di Istruzione e di Formazione   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

autonomy support; school achievement; school drop out; self determination theory; self efficacy; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958807910     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671003728062     Document Type: Article

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