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ERIC Number: EJ543832
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Self-Enhancing and Self-Defeating Ego Orientation: Relations with Task and Avoidance Orientation, Achievement, Self-Perceptions, and Anxiety.
Skaalvik, Einar M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n1 p71-81 Mar 1997
Two studies involving 253 Norwegian sixth and eighth graders found that self-defeating ego orientation was associated with high anxiety and negatively related to achievement and self-perception. Self-enhancing ego orientation was positively related to achievement, self-perception, and intrinsic motivation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 8, Self Concept, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Avoidance Responses; Ego Development; Norway; Self Defeating Behavior
Note: Research supported by the Norwegian Research Council.