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Brass, Nicole R.; Ryan, Allison M. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study investigated the role of school context in changes in the behaviors associated with having high social status during early adolescence. Three waves of surveys were collected from students (N = 542, 53% girls; 44% Black, 44% White, 5% Hispanic/Latinx, and 7% other; 60% free/reduced-fee lunch) in the middle of their sixth, seventh, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Shim, S. Serena; Ryan, Allison M.; Anderson, Carolyn J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
The present study advances understanding of (a) the development of achievement goals, (b) the changing association of achievement goals and achievement over time, and (c) the implications of changes in achievement goals for changes in achievement over time. African American and European American adolescents' (N = 588) achievement goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Motivation
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Kiefer, Sarah M.; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the proposal that social dominance goals are an important, but overlooked, aspect of social goals for young adolescents' academic adjustment. Self-reports of social goals (dominance, intimacy, and popularity goals) early in the school year were used to predict subsequent engagement (self-reports and peer nominations of…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Low Achievement, Early Adolescents, Peer Relationship