What if I can’t? Success expectancies moderate the effects of utility value information on situational interest and performance

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-118

  Durik, Amanda M ^a   Shechter, Olga G ^b   Noh, Michael ^b   Rozek, Christopher S ^b   Harackiewicz, Judith M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest; Perceived competence; Success expectancies; Task value; Utility value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928110308     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: 15736644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-014-9419-0     Document Type: Article

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