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Direct linkVasalampi, Kati; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Jokisaari, Markku; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
This study investigated the extent to which autonomous motivation, effort and progress relating to current educational goals predict success in dealing with the challenging transition to university. Our study included two measurement points: (1) before the entrance examination, at which point participants (n = 280) documented ratings of their…
Descriptors: Archives, Student Motivation, College Students, Self Determination
Kiuru, Noona; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Zettergren, Peter; Andersson, Hakan; Bergman, Lars – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012
The present study investigated the role of best friends in educational career development from adolescence to adulthood. Participants' (N=476) reciprocal best friendships were identified at age 15, while their educational attainment was investigated in early adulthood (age 26), their intelligence (IQ) at age 13, and parental education, educational…
Descriptors: Careers, Intelligence, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration
Viljaranta, Jaana; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Aunola, Kaisa; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
The present study examined what kinds of patterns of task-values adolescents show, and whether these patterns predict their educational and occupational expectations and school track. Six hundred and fourteen adolescents were examined twice before their transition to secondary education and once thereafter. The clustering-by-cases analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Pattern Recognition, Secondary Education
