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ERIC Number: EJ553138
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Differences in the Motivational Beliefs of Asian American and Non-Asian Students.
Eaton, Martin J.; Dembo, Myron H.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n3 p433-40 Sep 1997
Differences in the motivational beliefs of 154 Asian American and 372 non-Asian ninth graders were studied. Asian Americans' fear of the consequences of academic failure best explained their performance, but this variable least explained results for non-Asian students. Fear of academic failure was a better explanation for Asian Americans than were self-efficacy beliefs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Asian Americans, Beliefs, Grade 9, High School Students, High Schools, Performance Factors, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York, NY, April 1996).