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Direct linkDiaconu-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)
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
Nelson, Andrew A.; Brown, Christia Spears – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
Sexualized gender stereotypes (SGS) are commonly endorsed by adolescent girls. These stereotypes include the notion that girls can enhance their social status by prioritizing their sexualized attractiveness, which necessitates downplaying other traits such as intelligence. According to the stereotype emulation hypothesis, a girl will be more…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Social Influences, Student Motivation
Tas, Yasemin; Tekkaya, Ceren – Journal of Experimental Education, 2010
The authors conducted a correlational study to investigate the relations among seventh-grade Turkish students' cheating behavior, academic self-efficacy beliefs, usage of self-handicapping strategies, personal goal orientations, and classroom goal structures specific to the science domain. The Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales was administered…
Descriptors: Cheating, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Ethics
Friedel, Jeanne M.; Cortina, Kai S.; Turner, Julianne C.; Midgley, Carol – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
This study examined the effects of change in teacher goal emphases on students' efficacy beliefs in mathematics across the transition to middle school. The sample (N = 929) included primarily White (65%) and Black (27%) students, and approximately one third received free or reduced-fee lunch. Analyses grouped children by cross-classification of…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Duchesne, Stephane; Ratelle, Catherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Recent literature on the determinants of academic motivation has shown that parenting and emotions are central elements in understanding students' achievement goals. The authors of this study set out to examine the predictive relationship between parental behaviors during the last year of elementary school and adolescents' achievement goals at the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Emotional Problems, Structural Equation Models
