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Direct linkChen, Jason A.; Usher, Ellen L. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate (a) the latent profiles that arise from middle and high school students' (N = 1225) reported exposure to information from the four hypothesized sources of self-efficacy; (b) the relationships between these latent profiles and science self-efficacy and science achievement; and (c) the differences in…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Self Efficacy, Profiles, Middle School Students
Michou, Aikaterini; Mouratidis, Athanasios; Lens, Willy; Vansteenkiste, Maarten – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
In this correlational research, we investigated to what extent achievement goals, in conjunction with need for achievement and fear of failure as well as perceived classroom goal structures, are related to learning strategies among upper elementary school students. After taking into account students' tendency to respond in a socially desirable…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Failure, Achievement Need, Learning Strategies
Bonneville-Roussy, Arielle; Vallerand, Robert J.; Bouffard, Therese – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
This research aims at examining the role of autonomy support and passion in the persistence of students involved in higher education. In academic settings, autonomy-supportive environments consider students as self-determined individuals who are capable of making choices. In contrast, controlling academic environments impose pressure on students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Personal Autonomy, Role, Higher Education
Schwinger, Malte; Steinmayr, Ricarda; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The self-regulation of motivation represents a key feature of self-regulated learning. Recent studies have documented that students use a variety of strategies to sustain their learning motivation and that most of these strategies have positive effects. However, less is known about how students integrate the various motivational strategies into an…
Descriptors: College Students, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Gaudreau, Patrick – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examined whether the good or bad outcomes associated with mastery- and performance-approach achievement goals depend on the extent to which these goals are pursued for self-concordant reasons. A sample of 220 undergraduate students completed measures of achievement goals, goal self-concordance, academic satisfaction, and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness
Schwinger, Malte; Stiensmeier-Pelster, Joachim – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Drawing on modern diathesis-stress theories which suggest a multiplicative approach to determine one's personal vulnerability status, we posit that the degree of an individual's vulnerability for using self-handicapping strategies in case of self-threatening events depends on the interaction between different vulnerability and protective factors.…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Achievement Need, Educational Practices, Fear
