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Burke, Joy Patricia; And Others – Educational and Psychological Research, 1985
This study investigated whether affective reactions in achievement settings were related to self-esteem. Subjects were 308 undergraduate university students displaying affective reactions to various academic situations portrayed in short stories. Resulting biserial correlations indicate that affective reactions to success and failure were related…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Correlation
Download full textApplefield, James M. – 1975
The present study evaluates the immediate effects of an experimentally manipulated social comparison on the subsequent behavior of lower socioeconomic status black children four to five and seven to eight years of age. The effects of four conditions of social comparison are measured with respect to the children's self-reinforcement,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Sociology, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
