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Wang, Hui; Hall, Nathan C.; Goetz, Thomas; Frenzel, Anne C. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: Prior research has shown teachers' goal orientations to influence classroom goal structures (Retelsdorf "et al.," 2010, "Learning and Instruction, 20," 30) and to also impact their emotions (Schutz "et al.," 2007, "Emotion in Education," Academic Press, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Teachers, Longitudinal Studies
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Perera, Harsha N.; McIlveen, Peter; Oliver, Mark E. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: Existing literature has documented relationships between personality traits and academic achievement as well as some of the mechanisms underlying these links. However, the pathways by which personality traits are associated with achievement during stressful educational circumstances require further investigation. Aims: This study…
Descriptors: Coping, Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns
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Martin, Andrew J.; Colmar, Susan H.; Davey, Louise A.; Marsh, Herbert W. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: Academic buoyancy is students' ability to successfully deal with setbacks and challenges that are typical of academic life. The present study extends previous preliminary cross-sectional work that tentatively identified five motivational predictors of academic buoyancy--referred to as the "5Cs" of academic buoyancy: confidence…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Motivation, Educational Environment
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DeBacker, Teresa K.; Crowson, H. Michael – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Research indicates that achievement goals influence cognitive engagement, which, in turn, influences academic achievement. We believe that there are other individual difference variables in the realm of personal epistemology that may also directly or indirectly influence cognitive engagement; specifically, epistemological beliefs and…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Student Motivation, Epistemology, Academic Achievement