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Download full textAbdi Zarrin, Sohrab; Gracia, Esther – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2020
Academic procrastination is a problem behavior with negative consequences for students. The extent of this phenomenon among students and the negative impact on their academic achievement requires more attention and research on this issue. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating on the role of fear of failure and subscale of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Behavior, Time Management
Direct linkCosnefroy, Laurent; Fenouillet, Fabien; Mazé, Corinne; Bonnefoy, Barbara – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
In order to extend previous research on procrastination as a cause of performance failure due to faulty self-regulation, we developed a model of self-regulated learning failure and tested it in two separate studies (N1 = 378, N2 = 315). The relationships between procrastination, disorganisation, the forethought phase of self-regulated learning…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Time Management, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
Ng, Janice; Xiong, Yu; Qu, Yang; Cheung, Cecilia; Ng, Florrie Fei-Yin; Wang, Meifang; Pomerantz, Eva M. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
This research examined a cultural socialization model in which differences in Chinese and American parents' goals for children foster differences in children's emotional distress via parents' responses to children's performance. Chinese and American mothers and their children (N = 397; M[subscript age] = 13.19 years) participated in a 2-wave study…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emotional Problems, Goal Orientation, Asian Culture
Han, Turgay; Takkaç-Tulgar, Aysegül; Aybirdi, Nilüfer – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The purpose of the current study is to determine main demotivating factors affecting Turkish EFL university students' English language learning process and to identify the ways they apply to cope with these negative experiences from their own perspectives. The participants were 469 first and second year Turkish EFL university students. Both…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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
Suhre, Cor J. M.; Jansen, Ellen P. W. A.; Torenbeek, M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
Timely completion of university degree programmes is a topic of growing concern to higher education institutions and their students. This paper reports on a study about the impact of degree programme characteristics and student motivation on study progress. The setting for the study is a Dutch law school. Data on degree programme characteristics,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Time to Degree, Student Motivation, Law Schools
Hill, David; Brown, Don – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
The retention of "at risk" students in secondary schools is a major challenge to inclusive education policy. Students with non-compliant behaviour at this level are typically dealt with by authoritarian and punitive disciplinary systems that frequently lead to exclusion from school. This paper reports on the successful establishment of a…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Secondary School Students, School Holding Power, Inclusion
Gürsoy, Emel; Çelik Korkmaz, Sule – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
This action research aims to identify the teacher trainees' attributions for their failure, their locus of control and their achievement goals as a result of high failure rate in "Teaching English to Young Learners" course at a large state university in Turkey. For this purpose, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered via an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Trainees, Student Teacher Attitudes
Sideridis, Georgios D.; Kaplan, Avi – Journal of Experimental Education, 2011
The focus of this study is on the role of achievement goals in students' persistence. The authors administered 5 puzzles to 96 college students: 4 unsolvable and 1 relatively easy (acting as a hope probe). They examined whether and how persistence may deteriorate as a function of failing the puzzles, as well as whether and how persistence may…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Academic Persistence, Puzzles
Shulman, Shmuel; Kalnitzki, Esther; Shahar, Golan – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
A one-year follow-up study examined the role of developmental challenges, personality (dependency, self-criticism, and personal efficacy), and support systems in adaptation among Israeli emerging adults (N = 236) participating in a preparatory academic program. Participants were assessed during their enrollment in the preparatory academic program…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Criticism, Young Adults, Family Relationship
Perry, Raymond P.; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Daniels, Lia M.; Haynes, Tara L. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
Attributional (explanatory) thinking involves the appraisal of factors that contribute to performance and is instrumental to motivation and goal striving. Little is understood, however, concerning attributional thinking when multiple causes are involved in the transition to new achievement settings. Our study examined such complex attributional…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Grade Point Average, Multivariate Analysis, Goal Orientation
Rijavec, Majda; Brdar, Ingrid – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
The aim of the study was to explore whether students can be classified in groups according to their coping strategies in dealing with school failure and to assess relationships between coping strategies and various components of self regulated learning. The sample consisted of 470 high school students (15 to 18 years old). The students responded…
Descriptors: Coping, Multivariate Analysis, Academic Achievement, Aspiration
