The roles of autonomy support and harmonious and obsessive passions in educational persistence

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-31

  Bonneville Roussy, Arielle ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^b   Bouffard, Thérèse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy support; Education; Music; Passion; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875245825     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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