The mediating role of socio-motivational support in the association between individual school self-concept and achievement motivation amongst adolescent students

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-366

  Bakadorova, Olga ^a   Raufelder, Diana ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Individual school self concept; Mediation; Social relationships; Socio motivational support; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882548581     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-013-0202-5     Document Type: Article

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