Attribution-based treatment interventions in some achievement settings

Advances in Motivation and Achievement

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-35

  Perry, Raymond P ^a   Chipperfield, Judith G ^a   Hladkyj, Steve ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^a   Hamm, Jeremy M ^a  

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Author keywords

Attribution theory; Attributional retraining; mindfulness; Attributional thinking; Treatment interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928558632     PISSN: 07497423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0749-742320140000018000     Document Type: Article

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