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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – International Education Studies, 2014
We explored whether students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support provided by their mathematics teacher constitute separate dimensions of teacher support and how they are related. We also analyzed how students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support in math lessons relate to math anxiety, intrinsic motivation, help-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
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Boulton, Michael J.; Murphy, Debborah; Lloyd, Julie; Besling, Sabine; Coote, Jennifer; Lewis, Jennifer; Perrin, Roxanne; Walsh, Linda – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
Despite possible negative effects, many children do not tell their teachers when they have been bullied. This study examined junior school pupils' ("N" = 294) reports of instrumental, emotional and validation social support received after disclosing being bullied to teachers, and associations with intentions to disclose in the future.…
Descriptors: Intention, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Bullying, Social Support Groups
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Sears, Heather A.; Graham, Joanna; Campbell, Anna – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined adolescent boys' intentions of seeking help from male friends and female friends. We evaluated mean differences in boys' help-seeking intentions; assessed whether boys' individual characteristics predicted their intentions; and examined perceived support from male friends and female friends as mediators of these relationships.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Males, Adolescents
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Cheong, Yuk Fai; Pajares, Frank; Oberman, Paul S. – Computer Science Education, 2004
The primary objective of this study was to determine the degree to which academic motivation predicted the executive help-seeking, instrumental help-seeking, perceived benefits of help-seeking, and avoidance of help-seeking of high school students enrolled in computer science (n = 314). Task goals were positively associated with instrumental…
Descriptors: African American Students, Self Efficacy, Computer Science, Asian American Students