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ERIC Number: EJ059777
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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The Effect of Academic Failure on Self-Concept and Maladjustment Indices
Boshier, Roger
Journal of Educational Research, 65, 8, 347-51, Apr 72
Defensiveness was the major reaction of students subjected to failure on an important examination; their self ideal-self discrepancy scores changed in a downward direction after they were given papers containing failing marks. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Psychological Studies, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures, Self Esteem
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Identifiers: Bills Index of Adjustment and Values