The role of goal attainment expectancies in achievement goal pursuit

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-521

  Senko, Corwin ^a   Hulleman, Chris S ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Expectancies; Goal revision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881106404     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031136     Document Type: Article

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