“Inside out”: Appraisals for achievement emotions from constructive, positive, and negative feedback on writing

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 42, Issue , 2018, Pages 236-257

  Fong, Carlton J ^a   Williams, Kyle M ^b   Williamson, Zachary H ^b   Lin, Shengjie ^b   Kim, Young Won ^c   Schallert, Diane L ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisals; College students; Control value theory; Emotions; Feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038391187     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-017-9658-y     Document Type: Article

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