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Download full textGarcia, Teresa; And Others – 1995
The role of affect in self-regulated learning was explored, focusing on the effects of two motivational strategies, defensive pessimism and self-handicapping, on the motivational outlook of college students (n=126), use of learning strategies, and performance. It was found that these strategies, which are used to regulate the affective outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Anxiety, College Students
Peer reviewedSandler, Irwin N.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined stress and coping symptoms of 258 children whose parents were divorced. Found that, in the cross-sectional model, avoidance coping partially mediated the relations between negative events and symptoms; while active coping moderated between negative events and conduct problems. In the longitudinal model, significant negative paths were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Children
