Patterns of boredom and its relationship with perceived autonomy support and engagement

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 175-187

  Tze, Virginia M C ^a   Klassen, Robert M ^b   Daniels, Lia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic boredom; Perceived autonomy support; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901795927     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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