Who took the "×" out of expectancy-value theory?: A psychological mystery, a substantive-methodological synergy, and a cross-national generalization

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1058-1066

  Nagengast, Benjamin ^a   Marsh, Herbert W ^a,b   Scalas, L Francesca ^a,c   Xu, Man K ^a,d   Hau, Kit Tai ^e   Trautwein, Ulrich ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross cultural differences; educational psychology; motivation; science education; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIENCE;

EID: 80051627491     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611415540     Document Type: Article

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