Boring but important: a self-transcendent purpose for learning fosters academic self-regulation
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2014) - Comment
pubmed: 25222648  doi: 10.1037/a0037637  issn: 1939-1315  issn: 0022-3514 

David S. Yeager, Marlone D. Henderson, David Paunesku, Gregory M. Walton, Sidney D'Mello, Brian J. Spitzer, Angela Lee Duckworth