Quality of teachers' and peers' behaviors and achievement goals: The mediating role of self-efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loredana R. Diaconu-Gherasim ◽  
Cornelia Măirean ◽  
Laura E. Brumariu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Mediating Role

Achievement goals and creativity: the mediating role of creative self-efficacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1249-1269
Author(s):  
Kaiye Du ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Xuran Ma ◽  
Zheng Luo ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Creative Self

scholarly journals Humor in University Teaching: Role of Teachers’ Achievement Goals and Self-efficacy for their use of Content-related Humor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Daumiller ◽  
Sonja Bieg ◽  
Oliver Dickhäuser ◽  
Markus Dresel
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
Student Assessments ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Instructional Humor

Teachers’ content-related humor matters for the quality of higher education, however, little is known about the circumstances under which teachers use it. From a socio-cognitive perspective, teachers’ achievement goals and self-efficacy appear to be relevant personal precursors. We investigated their effects on content-related humor in two studies. In Study 1, 229 teachers (79 female; 159 PhDs; 33 full professors) participated with 387 courses while 10,296 students assessed the humor in these courses. Study 2 used a similar design for 45 teachers (20 female; 27 PhDs, 9 full professors), 116 course sessions, and 2,333 student assessments. Three-level-analyses pointed to substantial variance in students’ assessments of content-related humor which could be attributed to differences between courses/sessions within teachers (ICC=.12–.13) and between teachers themselves (ICC=.21). In both studies, performance (appearance component) avoidance goals emerged as negative predictors, and relational goals and self-efficacy as positive predictors of content-related humor, highlighting the relevance of instructors’ motivations for the use of instructional humor.

scholarly journals Relationship between psychological capital and quality of life among seniors working after retirement: The mediating role of hope of success

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259273
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Jurek ◽  
Iwona Niewiadomska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction As a result of the increasing average human life expectancy and the related population growth in many countries, research on factors increasing seniors’ quality of life is becoming particularly important. An event critical for seniors’ functioning is retirement. A concept reflecting the dynamics of seniors’ personality associated with the changes taking place in their life situation is psychological capital. This concept was identified as a factor that is constituted by four personality variables changing because of experiences: self-efficacy, optimism, psychological resilience, and hope of success. An interesting issue is the relationship between psychological capital and quality of life in seniors working after retirement. Aim The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between psychological capital (self-efficacy, dispositional optimism, psychological resilience) and quality of life in seniors working after retirement, as well as the mediating role of hope of success in this relationship. Methods A total of 304 seniors—103 women and 201 men—participated in the study. The mean age was 65.24. The Quality-of-Life Scale (CASP-19), the Polish adaptation of Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the Hope of Success Questionnaire (KNS), and polish adaptation of the Resilience Assessment Scale (SPP-25) were employed in the research. A mediation model was applied to explore the pathway from psychological capital via hope of success to quality of life. Results The tested components of psychological capital correlate positively with working senior citizens’ quality of life. The mediating role of hope of success between psychological capital and quality of life was confirmed. The study presented three mechanisms in which hope of success strengthens the relationships between the components of psychological capital and working senior citizens’ quality of life. Conclusions The mediating role of hope of success between the remaining components of psychological capital and quality of life confirms pattern posited in the COR theory, namely, that increasing one resource leads to the activation of others, which results in a spiral of personal resources being generated. One the one hand, people who have greater resources have a greater capacity for generating spirals of gains. One the other hand, individuals who lack personal resources are both more exposed to losing them and less capable of starting a spiral of gains in resources.

The Role of Career Self-Efficacy on the Effect of Parental Career Behaviors on Career Exploration: A Study on School of Tourism and Hotel Management’ Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selahattin Kanten ◽  
Pelin Kanten ◽  
Murat Yeşiltaş
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the impact of parental career behaviors on undergraduate student’s career exploration and the mediating role of career self-efficacy. In the literature it is suggested that some social and individual factors facilitate students’ career exploration. Therefore, parental career behaviors and career self-efficacy is considered as predictors of student’s career exploration attitudes within the scope of the study. In this respect, data which are collected from 405 undergraduate students having an education on tourism and hotel management field by the survey method are analyzed by using the structural equation modeling. The results of the study indicate that parental career behaviors which are addressed support; interference and lack of engagement have a significant effect on student’s career exploration behaviors such as intended-systematic exploration, environment exploration and self-exploration. In addition, it has been found that one of the dimensions of parental career behaviors addressed as a lack of engagement has a significant effect on career self-efficacy levels of students. However, research results indicate that student’s career self-efficacy has a significant effect on only the self-exploration dimension. On the other hand, career self-efficacy has a partial mediating role between lack of engagement attitudes of parents and career exploration behaviors of students.

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