The influence of personality characteristics on children's intrinsic reading motivation

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 786-791

  Medford, Emma ^a   McGeown, Sarah P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ability; Motivation; Personality; Reading; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868303952     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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