An expectancy-value-cost approach in predicting adolescent students’ academic motivation and achievement

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2018, Pages 139-152

  Jiang, Yi ^a   Rosenzweig, Emily Q ^b   Gaspard, Hanna ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement; Cost; Expectancy value theory; Motivation; Self efficacy; Task value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048809424     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.06.005     Document Type: Article

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