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ERIC Number: EJ456645
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Socialization of Achievement: Influence of Mothers' Need for Approval on Children's Achievement Cognitions and Behavior.
Lobel, Thalma E.; Bempechat, Janine
Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n4 p529-36 Dec 1992
Effects of mothers' need for approval on children's expectancies for success and persistence during failure were studied for 90 fifth graders attempting to solve 4 puzzles, 3 of which were unsolvable. Parental and situational variables affect children's achievement cognitions and behavior. Implications for parental socialization of achievement are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Failure, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Persistence, Problem Solving, Socialization, Student Behavior, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Approval Needs; Israel