ERIC Number: EJ883234
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Mar
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Academic Risk Factors and Deficits of Learned Hopelessness: A Longitudinal Study of Hong Kong Secondary School Students
Au, Raymond C. P.; Watkins, David A.; Hattie, John A. C.
Educational Psychology, v30 n2 p125-138 Mar 2010
The aim of the present study is to explore a causal model of academic achievement and learning-related personal variables by testing the nature of relationships between learned hopelessness, its risk factors and hopelessness deficits as proposed in major theories in this area. The model investigates affective-motivational characteristics of students such as prior academic failures, academic attributional style, self-efficacy, thoughts about intelligence, school values, learned hopelessness, self-esteem, learning strategy effectiveness and academic achievement, and the relationships among them. A sample of 741 Hong Kong secondary students completed a series of scales over a school year. As expected, prior achievement was the best predictor of subsequent achievement. The next best predictors were perceived learning difficulties and learned hopelessness. This in turn leads to disengagement from schooling and students taking on most responsibility for their failing. Recommendations for teachers and schools to ameliorate these beliefs may redress the move towards hopelessness. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Causal Models, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Risk, Psychological Patterns, Affective Behavior, Student Motivation, Academic Failure, Self Esteem, Predictor Variables, Measures (Individuals), Self Concept, Questionnaires, Cognitive Ability, Longitudinal Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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