Achievement

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Motivation by positive or negative role models: regulatory focus determines who will best inspire us.

In 3 studies, the authors demonstrated that individuals are motivated by role models who encourage strategies that fit their regulatory concerns: Promotion-focused individuals, who favor a strategy of pursuing desirable outcomes, are most inspired by ...
Penelope Lockwood, Christian H Jordan, Ziva Kunda (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200210)
motivation-positive-or-negative-role-models-regulatory-focus.asp

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Comparison-level preferences after performance: is downward comparison theory still useful?

Although often credited with prompting a paradigm shift in social comparison theory, T. A. Willss (1981) downward comparison (DC) theory has received some criticism recently. In particular, several recent studies have failed to find support for T. A. ...
Frederick X Gibbons, David J Lane, Meg Gerrard, Monica Reis-Bergan, Carrie L Lautrap, Nancy A Pexa, Hart Blanton (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200210)
comparison-level-preferences-after-performance-downward-comparison.asp

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Variations in a university subject pool as a function of earlier or later participation and self-report: a replication and extension.

The present study replicated and extended earlier research on temporal sampling effects in university subject pools. Data were obtained from 236 participants, 79 men and 157 women, in a university subject pool during a 15-wk. semester. Without knowing ...
Larry C Bernard, R Patricia Walsh (Psychol Rep, 200210)
variations-university-subject-pool-function-earlier-or-later.asp

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Symptoms of anxiety disorders and teacher-reported school functioning of normal children.

Correlations between scores on the Spence Childrens Anxiety Scale, a questionnaire for measuring symptoms of anxiety disorders and a report of school functioning by teachers were computed for 317 primary school children and 13 teachers in The ...
Peter Muris, Cor Meesters (Psychol Rep, 200210)
symptoms-anxiety-disorders-teacher-reported-school-functioning-normal.asp

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Driving distance and driving accuracy equals total driving: reply to Dorsel and Rotunda.

Combining two primary golf skills (Driving Distance and Driving Accuracy) into one golf skill variable (Total Driving) yielded a more powerful relationship between Professional Golf Association (PGA) Touring Professionals shot-making skills and their ...
George M Engelhardt (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
driving-distance-driving-accuracy-equals-total-driving-reply-dorsel.asp

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Repeatability of mae-geri-keage in traditional karate: a three-dimensional analysis with black-belt karateka.

In karate, performance also depends on a correct body shape, and the repeatability of standardized movements conditions the effectiveness of techniques. The execution of mae-geri-keage (frontal snap kick) was studied in 13 karateka (1st-5th dan). The 3D ...
Chiarella Sforza, Michela Turci, Gian Piero Grassi, Yuri F Shirai, Giuliano Pizzini, Virgilio F Ferrario (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
repeatability-mae-geri-keage-traditional-karate-three-dimensional.asp

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Graduate students with marginal abilities in communication sciences and disorders: prevalence, profiles, and solutions.

This paper addresses the special challenges encountered when working with graduate students whose academic and/or clinical performance is marginal or less than satisfactory. From a variety of perspectives including instructional, professional, financial, ...
David A Shapiro, Billy T Ogletree, W Dale Brotherton (J Commun Disord, 200209-10)
graduate-students-marginal-abilities-communication-sciences-disorders.asp

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Emergence and constructvalidation of the big five factors in early childhood: a longitudinal analysis of their ontogeny in Sweden.

Researchers have shown that the five major dimensions of personality (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience) and two additional factors (irritability and positive activity) are evident from adolescence. ...
Michael E Lamb, Susan S Chuang, Holger Wessels, Anders G Broberg, Carl Philip Hwang (Child Dev, 200209-10)
emergence-constructvalidation-big-five-factors-early-childhood.asp

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The influence of context, timing, and duration of risk experiences for the passage from childhood to midadulthood.

This study investigated the long-term effects of social disadvantage on academic achievement and on subsequent attainments in adulthood. The study drew on data collected for over 30,000 individuals born 12 years apart, following their development from ...
Ingrid Schoon, John Bynner, Heather Joshi, Samantha Parsons, Richard D Wiggins, Amanda Sacker (Child Dev, 200209-10)
influence-context-timing-duration-risk-experiences-passage-childhood.asp

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The relationship between executive function abilities, adaptive behaviour, and academic achievement in children with externalising behaviour problems.

BACKGROUND: Specific domains of adaptive behaviours and academic achievement may, in part, depend on executive function capacities. Executive function deficits have been found to be associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), not ...
Cheryl Clark, Margot Prior, Glynda Kinsella (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200209)
relationship-executive-function-abilities-adaptive-behaviour-academic.asp