Unmotivated or motivated to fail? A cross-cultural study of achievement motivation, fear of failure, and student disengagement

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 861-880

  De Castella, Krista ^a,c   Byrne, Don ^a   Covington, Martin ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Defensive pessimism; Fear of failure; Motivation; Self handicapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881647970     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032464     Document Type: Article

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