Students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental teacher support: Relations with motivational and emotional responses

International Education Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-36

  Federici, Roger A ^a   Skaalvik, Einar M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Effort; Help seeking behavior; Intrinsic motivation; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891088885     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v7n1p21     Document Type: Article

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