Academic motivation, self-concept, engagement, and performance in high school: Key processes from a longitudinal perspective

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1111-1122

  Green, Jasmine ^a   Liem, Gregory Arief D ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^a   Colmar, Susan ^a   Marsh, Herbert W ^b   McInerney, Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Engagement; Motivation; Performance; Self concept; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84865570046     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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