A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Learning-Related Boredom Scale (LRBS) With Canadian and Chinese College Students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-40

  Tze, Virginia M C ^a   Klassen, Robert M ^a   Daniels, Lia M ^a   Li, Johnson C H ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

boredom; cross cultural; emotion; motivation; validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872802933     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282912443670     Document Type: Article

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