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Heckel, Christian; Messerschmidt-Grandi, Caterina; Ringeisen, Tobias – Educational Psychology, 2021
Drawing on the assumptions of control-value theory (CVT), the current study examined whether the four facets of test anxiety (emotionality, worry, interference, lack of confidence) serve as intervening variables between learners' characteristics (performance-approach goals, mastery experiences) and learning behaviour (perseverance and diligence),…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Students, Test Anxiety, Performance Factors
Kristina M. Ricker-Boles – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The study focuses on how subjective stress and mastery skills impact physical and mental wellbeing among UNLV undergraduate college students. Bovier, Chamot, and Perneger's (2004) study was repeated within a racially diverse campus setting. The Transactional Model of Stress and Coping provided the foundation of this study with an emphasis on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Stress Variables, Anxiety
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Parada, Sacha; Verlhiac, Jean-François – Educational Psychology, 2022
The aim of this work is to examine the effects of a growth mindset intervention amongst first-year university students during a longitudinal study spanning over 1 month and to develop a model linking well-being and achievement variables. Growth mindset interventions, by teaching malleable instead of fixed self-conceptions, would allow students to…
Descriptors: Intervention, College Freshmen, Coping, Well Being
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Subasi, Münevver; Tas, Yasemin – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
This study aims to investigate coping strategies of middle school students in science classes in relation to students' goal orientations and motivating tasks conducted in the classroom environment. The study was conducted in spring semester of 2015-2016 academic year. Sample of the study consists of 316 middle school students receiving education…
Descriptors: Coping, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Questionnaires
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Kahraman, Nurcan; Sungur, Semra – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the antecedents and consequences of achievement goals by proposing a path model. While self-efficacy, task value, fear of failure, perceived parents', and teachers' achievement goals were investigated as antecedents of achievement goals in science, students' metacognition and coping strategies were examined as…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Goal Orientation, Foreign Countries, Achievement
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Tan, Ser Hong; Pang, Joyce S. – Educational Psychology, 2012
This study investigates the processes through which achievement motivation guides the selection of coping strategies which in turn affects environmental mastery post-failure feedback. Seventy-six college students received failure feedback after completing a professional aptitude test. Findings showed that gender moderated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Students, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need