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Relationships among perception of teacher autonomy support, achievement motivations, intellectual risk-taking, and science academic performance: a serial mediation model

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Pages 43-64 | Received 28 Mar 2022, Accepted 21 Nov 2022, Published online: 01 Dec 2022

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