Studying for the sake of others: The role of social goals on academic engagement

Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 749-776

  King, Ronnel Bornasal ^a,b   McInerney, Dennis M ^b   Watkins, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic engagement; achievement goals; social goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867508467     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2012.730479     Document Type: Article

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