The relation between mastery goals and intrinsic motivation among university students: a longitudinal study

Educational Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 666-679

  Bieg, Sonja ^a   Reindl, Marion ^a   Dresel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross lagged analysis; intrinsic motivation; longitudinal study; Mastery goal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976354849     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2016.1202403     Document Type: Article

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