Personal best (PB) and 'classic' achievement goals in the Chinese context: Their role in predicting academic motivation, engagement and buoyancy

Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 635-658

  Yu, Kai ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

engagement; goal setting; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903790823     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2014.895297     Document Type: Article

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