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Kristensen, Sara M.; Jørgensen, Magnus; Meland, Eivind; Urke, Helga B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The present study investigates how perceived support from peers, parents, and teachers influences later academic performance and if academic self-efficacy and entity intelligence beliefs mediate this association in a sample of early secondary school students. Data were collected from 750 Norwegian students in lower secondary school at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Lagestad, Pål – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2017
Longitudinal studies on adolescents' enjoyment in physical education (PE) are lacking. This study examined students' self-reported enjoyment and predictors of enjoyment in PE in school among students from age 14 to 19, using questionnaires and interviews. From the results, enjoyment in PE increases among girls during high school, while students…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Physical Education
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Høigaard, Rune; Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Haugen, Tommy – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
This study investigated the effects of proximal and distal constructs on adolescent's academic achievement through self-efficacy. Participants included 482 ninth-and tenth-grade Norwegian students who completed a questionnaire designed to assess school-goal orientations, organizational citizenship behavior, academic self-efficacy, and academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, School Psychology, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires
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Diseth, Åge; Samdal, Oddrun – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
The present study was aimed at investigating the relationships between students' perceived classroom achievement goals, school engagement and substance use in terms of smoking and drinking, and at investigating gender differences regarding these issues in a sample of 1,239 Norwegian 10th grade students. A multivariate analysis showed that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – International Education Studies, 2014
We explored whether students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support provided by their mathematics teacher constitute separate dimensions of teacher support and how they are related. We also analyzed how students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support in math lessons relate to math anxiety, intrinsic motivation, help-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
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Wiium, Nora; Wold, Bente – Health Education, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to examine how influences at home and school interact to predict smoking among adolescents. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 15-year-old pupils from Norway (n=1,404 in 73 Grade 10 school classes). Multilevel logistic regression analysis was used to determine how family and school influences interact to…
Descriptors: Smoking, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Students