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A Cross-Cultural Study of Adolescent Procrastination
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Klassen, Robert M.; Ang, Rebecca P.; Chong, Wan Har; Krawchuk, Lindsey L.; Huan, Vivien S.; Wong, Isabella Y. F.; Yeo, Lay See – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
In this study, we explore academic procrastination and associated motivation variables in 612 adolescents from Canada and Singapore. Few studies have explored adolescent procrastination and no previous studies have investigated adolescent procrastination using a cross-cultural framework. Singaporean adolescents reported higher levels of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Self Efficacy, Structural Equation Models
Collective Motivation Beliefs of Early Adolescents Working in Small Groups
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Klassen, Robert M.; Krawchuk, Lindsey L. – Journal of School Psychology, 2009
This study examined collective efficacy, group cohesion, and group performance in 125 randomly assigned groups of older (mean age 13.45 years) and younger (mean age 11.41 years) early adolescents working on three cooperative tasks. Collective motivation significantly predicted performance, even after controlling for past performance and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Early Adolescents, Motivation, Adolescents
Academic Procrastination and Motivation of Adolescents in Turkey
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Klassen, Robert M.; Kuzucu, Elcin – Educational Psychology, 2009
This article presents a study of academic procrastination and associated motivation variables in 508 adolescents from a general secondary school in central Turkey. Girls reported higher levels of self-efficacy for self-regulation and predicted higher Turkish grades than boys, but there was no difference in levels of procrastination. Academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Using Predictions to Learn about the Self-Efficacy of Early Adolescents with and without Learning Disabilities
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Klassen, Robert M. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
This study used conventional self-efficacy measures as well as predictions of performance to examine the spelling and writing efficacy beliefs of early adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD). In addition, the study examined two types of global efficacy--self-efficacy for self-regulated learning and general self-efficacy. The…
Descriptors: Prediction, Adolescents, Self Efficacy, Spelling
The Optimistic Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Students with Learning Disabilities
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Klassen, Robert M. – Exceptionality Education International, 2008
This article reviews three studies that provide evidence that students with learning disabilities (LD) display optimistic academic self-beliefs, even in the face of relatively poor academic performance. In the first study, a quantitative approach was used to explore the spelling and writing self-efficacy of 133 adolescents with and without LD.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Student Motivation
Self-Efficacy from the Perspective of Adolescents with LD and Their Specialist Teachers
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Klassen, Robert M.; Lynch, Shane L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
This study used qualitative methodology to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs of early adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). We conducted a series of focus group interviews with 28 Grade 8 and 9 students with LD and individual interviews with 7 specialist LD teachers. Content analyses of the student and teacher data resulted in 2 a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Adolescent Attitudes