Role of parental support for learning, autonomous / control motivation, and forms of self-regulation on academic attainment in high school students: A path analysis

Cognition, Brain, Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-59

  Mih, Viorel ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Autonomous control motivation; Autonomy; Deep surfface processing; Procrastination; Psychological control; Self determinaton theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879662313     PISSN: 12248398     EISSN: 22478655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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