Trajectories from academic intrinsic motivation to need for cognition and educational attainment

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 642-652

  Gottfried, Adele Eskeles ^a   Nylund Gibson, Karen ^b   Gottfried, Allen W ^c   Morovati, Diane ^b   Gonzalez, Amber M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fullerton Longitudinal Study   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic intrinsic motivation; educational attainment; longitudinal trajectories; need for cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987900139     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1171199     Document Type: Article

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