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Stattin, Håkan; Amnå, Erik; Russo, Silvia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
This study examines whether youth's goals for their future societal engagement affect their future political activities. We hypothesized, first, that youth's political interest would be a central predictor of their future political activities and, second, that their goals for future societal engagement would moderate their political interest. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Goal Orientation, Social Action
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Ollfors, Marianne; Andersson, Sven Ingmar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The influence of personality factors, school achievement goals, academic efficacy, and stressload of serious problems on final grades was studied by giving a questionnaire, The Perceived Stress and Control Assessment Scale, to 915 Swedish high school students. A new measure, Stressload Index, was created by extending the Control-Stress Index.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Goal Orientation, Stress Variables
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Hofverberg, Anders; Winberg, Mikael – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
It is often assumed that students' personal achievement goals are most beneficial when they match the goal structures of the classroom, but interaction between achievement goals and goal structures is not well researched. In this study, we aim at providing a nuanced picture of the direct, interaction, and nonlinear effects of achievement goals and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation