Achievement

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Are the performance overestimates given by boys with ADHD self-protective?

Tested the self-protective hypothesis that boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) overestimate their performance to protect a positive self-image. We examined the impact of performance feedback on the social and academic performance ...
Jeneva L Ohan, Charlotte Johnston (J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 200206)
performance-overestimates-given-boys-adhd-self-protective.asp

112.

Note on learners control of the frequency of model presentation during skill acquisition.

Learners (30 men, 15 women in three groups), given an opportunity to control the frequency with which they viewed a model during initial practice of the badminton long serve, acquired and retained a level of movement form that was equivalent to learners ...
Craig A Wrisberg, Richard L Pein (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
note-learners-control-frequency-model-presentation-skill-acquisition.asp

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Two ways related to performance in elite sport: the path of self-confidence and competitive anxiety and the path of group cohesion and group goal-clarity.

A model tested among 136 Norwegian Olympic-level athletes yielded two paths related to performance. The first path indicated that self-confidence, modeled as an antecedent of competitive anxiety, is negatively correlated with anxiety. Competitive anxiety ...
Odd Kjørmo, Hallgeir Halvari (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
two-ways-related-performance-elite-sport-path-self-confidence.asp

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Academic elite in accounting: linkages among top-ranked graduate programs.

The 10 top-ranked graduate programs in accounting, based on a national survey of deans and top administrators, were linked to one another by hiring in the programs one anothers graduates. Almost one-half (45.9%) of the faculty members in these 10 ...
Jeffrey H Bair (Psychol Rep, 200206)
academic-elite-accounting-linkages-top-ranked-graduate-programs.asp

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Relation of burnout with lack of time for being with significant others, role conflict, cohesion, and self-confidence among Norwegian Olympic athletes.

We studied the relationship of burnout with environmental and personal characteristics such as lack of time for being with significant others outside sport, cohesion in training groups, role conflict, and self-confidence among 136 elite athletes. ...
Odd Kjørmo, Hallgeir Halvari (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
relation-burnout-lack-time-significant-others-role-conflict-cohesion.asp

116.

The academic achievement of African American students during early adolescence: an examination of multiple risk, promotive, and protective factors.

This study examined the effects of multiple risk, promotive, and protective factors on three achievement-related measures (i.e., grade point average, number of absences, and math achievement test scores) for African American 7th-grade students (n = 837). ...
Leslie Morrison Gutman, Arnold J Sameroff, Jacquelynne S Eccles (Am J Community Psychol, 200206)
academic-achievement-african-american-students-early-adolescence.asp

117.

Reading comprehension among graduate students.

The present purpose was to examine graduate students reading comprehension and reading vocabulary by comparing their scores on a standardized reading rest with scores obtained by a large normative sample of undergraduates. Participants were 59 graduate ...
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Kathleen M T Collins (Psychol Rep, 200206)
reading-comprehension-graduate-students.asp

118.

Relationships between performance toward accomplishment and self-efficacy in amateur boxing.

Combined ratings of magnitude and strength of self-efficacy by 59 20-yr.-old amateur boxers in a multiple regression were predicted only by Perceived Performance, i.e., their working toward successful ...
Andrew M Lane (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
relationships-performance-toward-accomplishment-self-efficacy-amateur.asp

119.

Testing the modifiability of the state sport confidence inventory.

Completing the State Sport Confidence Inventory requires participants to compare themselves with the most confident athlete they know. Inconsistency is inherent in participants choices that may result in unsystematic variance across such responses. This ...
Sandra E Short, Eva A Vadocz (Percept Mot Skills, 200206)
testing-modifiability-state-sport-confidence-inventory.asp

120.

A possible selves intervention to enhance school involvement.

We developed a 9-week after-school, small group, activities-based intervention focused on enhancing youths abilities to imagine themselves as successful adults and connecting these future imagines to current school involvement. We describe and evaluate ...
Daphna Oyserman, Kathy Terry, Deborah Bybee (J Adolesc, 200206)
possible-selves-intervention-enhance-school-involvement.asp