Investigating measures of achievement motivation(s)

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Ziegler, Matthias ^a   Schmukle, Stefan ^b   Egloff, Boris ^c   Bühner, Markus ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Construct validity; Criterion validity; Explicit motivation; Implicit motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859014984     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: 21512299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000002     Document Type: Article

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