The role of attributional retraining and elaborative learning in college students' academic development

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 591-612

  Hall, Nathan C ^a   Hladkyj, Steven ^a   Perry, Raymond P ^a   Ruthig, Joelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Attribution theory; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344247431     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.6.591-612     Document Type: Article

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