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Gunasekera, Sashya; Houghton, Stephen; Glasgow, Kenneth; Boyle, Christopher – Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2014
Setting clear achievable goals that enhance reputational status has been shown to direct the energies of adolescents into socially conforming or non-conforming activities. It appears to be the case that following transition from Intensive English Centres (IECs) into mainstream schooling, students from African refugee backgrounds experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Social Behavior, Goal Orientation