Achievement emotions in higher education: A diary study exploring emotions across an assessment event

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-96

  Peterson, Elizabeth R ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Jun, Miriam C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic ability; Academic achievement; Achievement emotion; Assessment; Control value theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934978570     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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