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School and Career Future Time Perspective and Academic-Related Outcomes in Early Adolescence: Are Mastery Goals Mediators?
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Diaconu-Gherasim, Loredana R.; Brumariu, Laura E.; Moore, Michael T.; Kerns, Kathryn A. – Educational Psychology, 2023
This study evaluated the relations between adolescents' school and career future time perspective and their academic-related outcomes (i.e. grades, learning problems, and task orientation) and whether mastery goals are mediators of these relations. Romanian adolescents (N = 229, 59% girls) completed questionnaires assessing future orientation,…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Academic Achievement, Time Perspective, Futures (of Society)
The Positive Feedback Loop between Academic Self-Efficacy, Academic Initiative, and Grade Point Average: A Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Model
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Kristensen, Sara Madeleine; Danielsen, Anne G.; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy; Larsen, Torill B.; Aanes, Mette Marthinussen – Educational Psychology, 2023
This study investigates the associations between students' developmental changes in academic self-efficacy, academic initiative, and grade point average (GPA) during a three-year upper secondary education. The sample consisted of 1453 students aged 16-19 (60.6% girls; baseline mean age = 17.00, SD = 0.91; 56.1% high perceived family wealth; and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Development, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation
Bidirectional Relations between Autonomous Motivations and Approach Goals and Their Contribution to School Functioning
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Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Larose, Simon – Educational Psychology, 2022
This study examined the cross-lagged relationships between students' autonomous motivations (intrinsic motivation and identified regulations) and approach goals (mastery and performance) in school. The sample included 449 students (52% girls) in Grades 7 and 8 (secondary 1 and 2). Results showed that intrinsic motivation (IM) positively predicted…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personal Autonomy, Student Motivation, Grade 7
Testing the Mastery-Avoidance Construct in Achievement Goal Theory: A Meta-Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MA-CFA) of Two Achievement Goals Scales
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Strunk, Kamden K.; Lester, Wilson S.; Lane, Forrest C.; Hoover, Payton D.; Betties, Jasmine S. – Educational Psychology, 2021
Achievement goal theory is a popular theoretical framework that has been widely used to understand the goals students hold regarding their academic work. This theoretical model has been subject to an ongoing debate regarding the number and nature of constructs it includes. Notable in such debates has been the inclusion or exclusion of…
Descriptors: Surveys, Rating Scales, Questionnaires, Academic Achievement
Achievement Goals, Motivations, and Social and Emotional Adjustment in High School: A Longitudinal Mediation Test
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Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Educational Psychology, 2020
This 2-year prospective study aimed to examine the predictive role of students' achievement goals (mastery-approach and performance-avoidance) on socioemotional adjustment in high school by assessing the potential mediating contribution of academic motivations. A total of 407 high school students (46% boys) were surveyed each year in Secondary 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Implicit Beliefs of Ability and Maladaptive Learning: Does Self-Efficacy Matter?
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Luo, Wenshu; Liem, Gregory Arief D.; Lee, Kerry – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study investigated the interaction between self-efficacy and implicit beliefs of ability in their association with maladaptive learning in mathematics. The analysis was based on a large sample of 2538 Singapore Secondary 2 students (M[subscript age] = 13.75), who took measures of entity beliefs of ability, self-efficacy, and three maladaptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy