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Vock, Miriam; Koller, Olaf; Nagy, Gabriel – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Vocational interests play a central role in the vocational decision-making process and are decisive for the later job satisfaction and vocational success. Based on Ackerman's (1996) notion of "trait complexes," specific interest profiles of gifted high-school graduates can be expected. Aims: Vocational interests of gifted and…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Gifted, Profiles, High School Graduates
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Villavicencio, Felicidad T.; Bernardo, Allan B. I. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Research has shown how academic emotions are related to achievement and to cognitive/motivational variables that promote achievement. Mediated models have been proposed to account for the relationships among academic emotions, cognitive/motivational variables, and achievement, and research has supported such mediated models,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Questionnaires, Emotional Response
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Ntoumanis, Nikos; Nikitaras, Nikitas – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: It is commonly assumed that there is conceptual equivalence between the task and ego achievement goals proposed by Nicholl's (1989) dichotomous achievement goal theory (Nicholls, 1989), and the mastery and performance approach goals advanced by Elliot's (1997) trichotomous hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Questionnaires, Predictive Validity, Physical Education
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Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: Epistemological beliefs are subjective theories of the structure and acquisition of knowledge. The instruments used to measure epistemological beliefs in educational psychology (see Duell & Schommer-Aikins, 2001) typically consist of questionnaires tapping general, decontextualized beliefs about knowledge or knowledge acquisition in a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Psychology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis