The role of temperament in children's affective and behavioral responses in achievement situations

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-30

  Hirvonen, Riikka ^a   Aunola, Kaisa ^a   Alatupa, Saija ^b   Viljaranta, Jaana ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elementary school; Helplessness; Task avoidance; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877327613     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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