The Development of Achievement Goals Throughout College: Modeling Stability and Change

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1404-1417

  Corker, Katherine S ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^b   Bowles, Ryan P ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement goals; latent difference score analysis; longitudinal modeling; motivation goals

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT GOALS; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT DIFFERENCE SCORE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL MODELING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATION/GOALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT GOALS; LATENT DIFFERENCE SCORE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL MODELING; MOTIVATION/GOALS;

FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84885576261     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213494243     Document Type: Article

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