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Societal Expectations and Educational Opportunity: A Study of Future Orientation, Expectancy Valuing, and Academic Performance of St. Lucian Youth
(2009)
Correlation and regression analyses were used to examine variables that explain the academic motivation of students in St. Lucia based on the theories of future-orientation. A new variable representing individuals' reactions ...
Students' attitudes and perceptions as predictors of drinking behavior: Implications for student alcohol education programs.
(2000)
The primary purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationship between attitudes towards, and perceptual norms of, drinking behaviors and self-reported levels of drinking. In examining these associations, ...
Motivation for learning in information technology experts: Profiles of multiple goals.
(2006)
This study describes the motivational characteristics of developing experts in information technology (IT). Experienced IT workers (N=203) who were users of online technology discussion groups completed surveys about ...
The relationship of classroom achievement goals, personal achievement goals, and frames of reference with academic self-concept.
(2006)
Examines the relationship between undergraduates' perception of their classroom environment, their adoption of achievement goals, their use of frames of reference and academic self-efficacy and self-concept. The study also ...
Relationship aggression, marital satisfaction, and gender differences: The effects of historic trauma, traditionality, alcohol and drug use, and influence of parent relationship aggression with Oklahoma American Indian and Euro-American samples.
(2002)
The current study investigated relationship aggression and marital satisfaction in Oklahoma American Indian relationships. The influence of traditionality, historic trauma, and presence of parents' relationship aggression ...
The school experiences of Native American and Alaska Native students: A closer look at self determination theory.
(2006)
Multiple regression was performed to examine how well need satisfaction predicted the G.P.A. and well being scores of American Indian college students. In addition, open ended questions asked students about perceived ...
Brief therapy training in APA-accredited counseling and clinical psychology programs.
(2000)
The practice of brief psychotherapy has increased dramatically during the last two decades. Although practicing psychologists report spending a substantial proportion of their time conducting brief psychotherapy, up to one ...
The effects of cognitive load conditions upon performance, anxiety, and self-efficacy in computer-based learning environments.
(2005)
The present study examined whether an extraneous cognitive load condition adversely affected participants' performance, self-efficacy, and anxiety. The participants were sixty-six pre-service teacher education students ...
Cultural identification and academic achievement: Validation of the Cultural Connectedness Achievement Measure and its use in understanding motivational characteristics of oppositional, racelessness and primary cultural identification.
(2006)
The present study presents evidence regarding the reliability and validity of the Cultural Connectedness Achievement Measure (CLAM). The CCAM consist of three subscales representing three cultural dimensions of African ...
An examination of the dimensions of commitment and satisfaction across years married.
(2004)
This study built upon Adams and Jones' (1997) conceptualization of martial commitment by cross-sectionally investigating differences within and among the three dimensions of commitment and satisfaction across years married. ...