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Poitras, Sarah-Caroline; Guay, Frederic; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Journal of Career Development, 2012
Using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the goal of this study was to select a reduced pool of items from the French Canadian version of the Self-Directed Search--Activities Section (Holland, Fritzsche, & Powell, 1994). Two studies were conducted. Results of Study 1, involving 727 French Canadian students,…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Interest Inventories, Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis
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Fernet, Claude; Guay, Frederic; Senecal, Caroline; Austin, Stephanie – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Based on self-determination theory, this study proposes and tests a motivational model of intraindividual changes in teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment). Participants were 806 French-Canadian teachers in public elementary and high schools. Results show that changes in teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Teacher Burnout
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Duchesne, Stephane; Larose, Simon; Guay, Frederic; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The present 8-year longitudinal study had two goals. The first goal was to describe different trajectories of academic functioning during the transition to high school using a group-based trajectory method. The second goal was to determine if previous family and child characteristics (notably behavioural problems and prosociality) predict these…
Descriptors: High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Family Characteristics, Student Characteristics