With great control comes great responsibility: The relationship between perceived academic control, student responsibility, and self-regulation

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-702

  Fishman, Evan J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived academic control; Primary control; Responsibility; Secondary control; Self regulation; Student motivation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910658456     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12057     Document Type: Article

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