Perceived parent goals and student goal orientations as predictors of seeking or not seeking help: Does age matter?

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-130

  Gonida, Eleftheria N ^a   Karabenick, Stuart A ^b   Makara, Kara A ^b   Hatzikyriakou, Glykeria A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientations; Help seeking attitudes; Perceived parent goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901291940     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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