Motivational profiles as a combination of academic goals in higher education

Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 634-650

  Valle, Antonio ^a   Núñez, José Carlos ^b   Cabanach, Ramón G ^a   Rodríguez, Susana ^a   Rosário, Pedro ^c   Inglés, Cándido J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

goal setting; higher education; motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931561628     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2013.819072     Document Type: Article

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