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Peer reviewedAccordino, Denise B.; Accordino, Michael P.; Slaney, Robert B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2000
Examines the relationship of perfectionism with measures of achievement and achievement motivation and mental health aspects of depression and self-esteem in high school students (N=123). Results indicate that students' personal standards were significant predictors of academic achievement and academic motivation. Also reveals that as students'…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Download full textWarton, Pamela M. – 1997
This study examined the links between Australian adolescents' achievement goal orientation and the information sources they used when making decisions about returning to school and selecting courses for the elective final 2 years of high school. A total of 230 year-11 students from 2 coeducational comprehensive schools in a large city…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Course Selection (Students), Education Work Relationship, Elective Courses
Petty, Steve – 1992
Fear of success in a group of high school students (N=127) was studied, with research findings supporting the following generalizations: (1) high school students with an intermediate level of self-esteem have greater fear of success than those with high and low levels of self-esteem; (2) high school students with BSRI (Bem Sex Role Inventory)…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Aspiration, Fear of Success
Hellerman, Susan B., Ed. – Imagine...Opportunities and Resources for Academically Talented Youth, 1994
This theme issue of a newsletter for academically talented youth focuses on getting the best precollege education. It encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning by becoming aware of all the options their school offers; making use of them; supplementing and enriching the basic school curriculum; and participating in…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academically Gifted, Achievement Need, Advanced Placement Programs
Kang, Dong-Ho – 2000
This paper is an in-depth investigation of classroom language learning motivation in a Korean high school. Understanding the source of motivation and development of motivation is very important for educational and pedagogical purposes. This study surveyed 192 Korean high school students' orientations for learning English to discover what kinds of…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
