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Motivational Goals, Information Sources and Subject Choice in Adolescence.

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Warton, 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

Fear of Success.

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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