Probing for the multiplicative term in modern expectancy-value theory: A latent interaction modeling study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-777

  Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Marsh, Herbert W ^b   Nagengast, Benjamin ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a,c   Nagy, Gabriel ^a   Jonkmann, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement; Expectancy value theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868300065     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027470     Document Type: Article

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