Achievement goals, reasons for goal pursuit, and achievement goal complexes as predictors of beneficial outcomes: Is the influence of goals reducible to reasons?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1141-1162

  Sommet, Nicolas ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal; Achievement goal complex; Autonomous and controlled reasons; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016771993     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000199     Document Type: Article

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