NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mairean, Cornelia; Diaconu-Gherasim, Loredana R. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
This present study investigated the longitudinal relations between depressive symptoms and achievement goals and whether maternal and paternal rejection moderated these relations. A sample of 436 early adolescents ([X-bar][subscript age] = 13.19, 58.33% girls) filled in scales measuring the depressive symptoms (Time 1), parental rejection (Time 2;…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Achievement Need, Goal Orientation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Educational Psychology, 2020
This 2-year prospective study aimed to examine the predictive role of students' achievement goals (mastery-approach and performance-avoidance) on socioemotional adjustment in high school by assessing the potential mediating contribution of academic motivations. A total of 407 high school students (46% boys) were surveyed each year in Secondary 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Duchesne, Stéphane; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Feng, Bei – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This longitudinal study builds on research addressing changes in achievement goal orientations (AG) across the transition to middle school. We had two objectives. The first was to identify and describe different development trajectories of AG (mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance) from the last year of elementary school (Grade…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Goal Orientation, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sigal, Amanda B.; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Sandler, Irwin N. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
This study examined whether the New Beginnings Program for divorced families led to improvements in youth's educational goals and job aspirations 6 years following participation and tested whether several parenting and youth variables mediated the program effects. Participants were 240 youth aged 9 to 12 years at the initial assessment, and data…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Outcomes of Education, Intervention, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Duchesne, Stephane; Ratelle, Catherine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Recent literature on the determinants of academic motivation has shown that parenting and emotions are central elements in understanding students' achievement goals. The authors of this study set out to examine the predictive relationship between parental behaviors during the last year of elementary school and adolescents' achievement goals at the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Emotional Problems, Structural Equation Models
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wang, Ming-Te – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The present study used an ecological framework to examine the relationships among adolescents' perceptions of school climate, social competence, and behavioral and psychological adjustment in the middle school years. This study improved upon prior studies by using "structural equation modeling" to investigate the hypothesized mediating…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Error of Measurement