Self-efficacy and academic achievement in Australian high school students: The mediating effects of academic aspirations and delinquency

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 797-817

  Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Houghton, Stephen ^b   Wood, Robert ^c   Unsworth, Kerrie ^b   Hattie, John ^d   Gordon, Lisa ^a   Bower, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

academic achievement; academic aspirations; delinquency; high school students; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTIVATION; PEER PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; THEFT;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649452358     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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