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Dodourova, Mariana; Clarkin, John E.; Lenkei, Balint – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Brexit, Britain's referendum to leave the European Union (EU), provided the backdrop for this study, although how or even if it will be implemented is uncertain. Most UK voters supported leaving the EU, yet an overwhelming majority of young people voted to remain. In an environment of economic and labor market ambiguity, we sampled 304 UK…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Career Choice, College Students, Student Attitudes
Locus of Control, Academic Self-Concept, and Academic Dishonesty among High Ability College Students
Rinn, Anne N.; Boazman, Janette – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
The purposes of the current study were to evaluate a measure of academic dishonesty and examine high ability college students' loci of control and its effect on behaviors of academic dishonesty, as moderated by academic self-concept. A total of 357 high ability college students enrolled at two universities in the southwestern United States took…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Concept, Academic Ability, Cheating
Vanniarajan, Swathi M. – CATESOL Journal, 2011
Scholarship in applied linguistics has not sufficiently addressed learner motivation in mandatory writing classes in postsecondary settings. The data collected through short interviews from 20 students enrolled in a mandatory academic writing program at the junior/senior level in a California State University indicated that learner motivation in…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Participation, College Students, Academic Discourse
Hader, AnnRita Levis – 1983
Although much is being written about the sociological aspects of the battering syndrome, little has been done to investigate the personality characteristics of battered women. To investigate the personality characteristics which relate to the life styles of battered women, 60 women (30 battered women, 30 non-battered women), ranging in age from 19…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Individual Power, Life Style, Locus of Control
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1983
In a sample of 559 fifth-grade students, measures were collected to assess: (1) dimensions of self-attribution for causes of academic outcomes; (2) multiple dimensions of self-concept; and (3) academic achievements. The empirically-derived dimensions of academic self-attribution replicated and extended results of previous research, but failed to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries
Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – 1981
The Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ) is a multidimensional instrument designed to measure seven facets of self-concept hypothesized in Shavelson's hierarchical model. The SDQ, along with measures of attributions and academic achievement, was administered to primary school students from two quite diverse populations. Separate factor analyses of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Theall, Michael; And Others – 1990
The nature and extent of variations in student attributions about performance in their courses were studied, and the relationships between the attributions and responses on certain items of a student ratings questionnaire were determined. Causal or predictive relationships among these variables were also investigated. Data were collected using:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Faculty, College Students
Abatso, Yvonne – 1982
A study was conducted to determine whether there is an identifiable coping personality related to academic achievement and retention for black college students. Low coping students were also taught coping strategies to determine whether mastering academic requirements facilitates achievement and persistence. The relationship of black student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Freshmen
Cogan, Leland S.; Oka, Evelyn R. – 1992
The developmental pattern in the relationships among mothers' beliefs about structure, autonomy, control, and intelligence was studied, addressing: (1) how mothers' scaffolding beliefs and conceptions of intelligence are related; (2) the relationship of these maternal beliefs to children's age and achievement; and (3) the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Beliefs, Child Development
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1984
The self-serving effect (SSE), often depicted as a bias, is the tendency to accept responsibility for one's own successes but not one's own failures. Two studies of Australian fifth graders (n=226, n=559) were further analyzed to investigate individual differences in SSE. The Sydney Attribution Scale measured students' perceptions of the causes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance
Schack, Gina – 1986
The Efficacy Scale for Creative Productivity (ESCreP) was developed to measure students' convictions that they could be creative producers. Self-efficacy, an individual's estimation of ability to perform a behavior, is based upon performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and emotional or physiological arousal. Three…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement, Attitude Measures, Creativity