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Peer reviewedMidgley, Carol; Urdan, Tim – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
By procrastinating, allowing others to keep them from studying, deliberately not trying, and using other "self-handicapping" strategies, students can convey that those circumstances, rather than lack of ability, are the reasons for subsequent poor performance. Survey data from 256 eighth-grade students indicated that boys use those strategies more…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Fear of Success, Grade 8
Download full textHodge, Sharon – 2001
Profiles of 104 welfare recipients in Georgia were examined to identify social indicators and cognitive variables that influenced work role participation. Three instruments were administered the Career Thought Inventory, the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form, and the demographic profile and participation scale of the Salience…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Development
