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Shin, Huiyoung; Ryan, Allison M. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study investigated early adolescent friendship selection and social influence with regard to academic motivation (self-efficacy and intrinsic value), engagement (effortful and disruptive behavior), and achievement (GPA calculated from report card grades) among 6th graders (N = 587, 50% girls at Wave 1; N = 576, 52% girls at Wave 2) followed…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Social Networks
Young, Allison J.; Urdan, Timothy C. – 1993
A primary objective of this study was to examine the relations among students' perceptions of the classroom goal orientation as ability-focused goals and their own goals, as well as the relationships between these two components and other motivational factors such as subject-specific self-efficacy and task value. An additional purpose was to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation