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Longitudinal Examination of Optimism, Personal Self-Efficacy and Student Well-Being: A Path Analysis
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Phan, Huy P. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
The present longitudinal study, based on existing theoretical tenets, explored a conceptual model that depicted four major orientations: optimism, self-efficacy, and academic well-being. An important question for consideration, in this case, involved the testing of different untested trajectories that could explain and predict individuals'…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Path Analysis, Self Efficacy, Positive Attitudes
The Impact of FTP on Commitment to Career Choices: Situating within a Social Cognitive Perspective
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Phan, Huy P. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
Future time perspective (FTP) is an important theoretical construct that may assist educators in their understanding of individuals' learning, motivation and decision-making. There is empirical evidence attesting to the predictive effects of anticipation of future goals on both cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes. The present study, based on…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Likert Scales, Path Analysis, Time Perspective
Achievement Goals, the Classroom Environment, and Reflective Thinking: A Conceptual Framework
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Phan, Huy P. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: Research pertaining to achievement goals and reflective thinking practice has received considerable attention in educational psychology. However, very few, if any, studies have looked at the impact of the classroom climate and how this psychosocial milieu may influence students' engagement in achievement goals and reflective thinking…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need
An Examination of Reflective Thinking, Learning Approaches, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs at the University of the South Pacific: A Path Analysis Approach
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Phan, Huy P. – Educational Psychology, 2007
This study examined the causal and mediating relations between students' learning approaches, self-efficacy beliefs, stages of reflective thinking, and academic performance. Second-year undergraduate students (n = 241; 118 females, 123 males) in the South Pacific were administered the revised version of Biggs' Study Process Questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement