When are mastery goals more adaptive? It depends on experiences of autonomy support and autonomy

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 258-267

  Benita, Moti ^a   Roth, Guy ^a   Deci, Edward L ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Autonomy support; Choice; Mastery goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892929255     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034007     Document Type: Article

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