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Deconstructing Coping Using Cognitive Influences on Ability Groups
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Kurian, Joe; Mekoth, Nandakumar – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The influence of emotionality and conscientiousness, the personality traits, on academic performance were examined on students of higher education using the perspectives of conservation of resources theory and social cognitive theory. Skinner's coping model was utilized to understand coping mechanisms in the context of engineering education.…
Descriptors: Coping, Academic Achievement, Engineering Education, Academic Ability
Psychological Engagement of Students in Distance and Online Learning: Effects of Self-Efficacy and Psychosocial Processes
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Vayre, Emilie; Vonthron, Anne-Marie – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
The aim of this study is to test a model of online learners' engagement, which integrates social support (from teachers, peers, and family members) and sense of community as direct and indirect factors, with academic self-efficacy playing a mediating role. Survey results based on a questionnaire administered to 255 students enrolled in an online…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Social Support Groups, Path Analysis
Students' Response to Academic Setback: "Growth Mindset" as a Buffer against Demotivation
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Aditomo, Anindito – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
It is important to understand why some students are able to bounce back following setbacks, while others become de-motivated and suffer negative consequences. This study tests a model which places students' beliefs about ability (Dweck & Leggett, 1988) as a key factor which may influence students' motivational response to setbacks and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Motivation, Student Surveys
Investigating the Effect of School Ability on Self-Efficacy, Learning Approaches, and Metacognition
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Magno, Carlo – Online Submission, 2009
The relations among school ability, self-efficacy, learning approach, and metacognition were examined in a path model. Questionnaires measuring these constructs were administered to 194 Filipino college students. Path analysis was used to determine the effects of school ability on self-efficacy and learning approaches, and in turn, the effects of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Path Analysis, Goodness of Fit
The Roles of Ethnic Identity, Anti-White Attitudes, and Academic Self-Concept in African American Student Achievement
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Cokley, Kevin O.; Chapman, Collette – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2008
Conventional wisdom in much of the educational and psychological literatures states that the ethnic and racial identity of African American students is related to their academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ethnic identity and anti-white attitudes predicted the academic achievement of African American students at…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
The Relationship of Chicano Students' Perceptions of the Soundness of Evaluations to Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Effort: A Test of a Path Analytic Model. ASHE 1987 Annual Meeting Paper.
Gonzalez-Hernandez, Judith – 1987
A study using multivariate analysis investigated how self-judged academic effort among Chicano college students is directly affected by academic self-efficacy. Also examined were the indirect effects of students' perceptions of the soundness of the evaluation system on self-judged academic effort, and the effects of school context on effort. A…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Higher Education, Mexican Americans