Dimensional Comparison Theory: Paradoxical relations between self-beliefs and achievements in multiple domains

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-32

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a,b,c   Lüdtke, Oliver ^f   Nagengast, Benjamin ^e   Trautwein, Ulrich ^e   Abduljabbar, Adel Salah ^b   Abdelfattah, Faisal ^b   Jansen, Malte ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation and contrast effects; Internal external frame of reference effect; Multilevel structural equation models; Self concept vs. self efficacy; Social and dimensional comparison processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907960465     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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