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Pajares, Frank; Johnson, Margaret J.; Usher, Ellen L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Albert Bandura's four hypothesized sources of self-efficacy on students' writing self-efficacy beliefs (N = 1256) and to explore how these sources differ as a function of gender and academic level (elementary, middle, high). Consistent with the tenets of self-efficacy theory, each of the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Middle School Students, Females, Epistemology
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Selfe, Cynthia L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Reports on the predrafting processes of several high and several low writing apprehensive students engaged in academic writing and analyzes the differences related to writing apprehension. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Planning, Prewriting, Self Concept
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Pajares, Frank; Johnson, Margaret J. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1994
Investigates the relationships among self-confidence about writing, expected outcomes, writing apprehension, general self-confidence, and writing performance over one semester. Finds that students' beliefs about their own composition skills and the preperformance measure were the only significant predictors. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Writing Achievement
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Daly, John A.; Wilson, Deborah A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Relates writing apprehension to a variety of measures of self-esteem and personality in 13 separate studies. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Measures (Individuals), Meta Analysis, Personality Traits