Motivated use of information about others: Linking the 2 × 2 achievement goal model to social comparison propensities and processes

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-641

  Bounoua, Lënda ^a   Cury, François ^a,b   Regner, Isabelle ^a,c   Huguet, Pascal ^a   Barron, Kenneth E ^d   Elliot, Andrew J ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84870756370     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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