Achievement goal orientations and academic well-being across the transition to upper secondary education

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-305

  Tuominen Soini, Heta ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a   Niemivirta, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; Educational transition; Person centered approach; Stability; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859828492     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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