Comparing Effects of Academic Achievement on Academic Self-Concept in Adolescent Siblings: The Mediating Role of Differential Maternal Treatment

Test anxiety and distress occupy pivotal positions in students' lives today, because of over emphasis on academic achievement in the modern educational system. The need for high performance in examinations has defeated the very purpose of education. The SSC examination has come to be an exhaustive exercise that makes the students learn by rote rather than comprehension. There are a few who feel completely trapped in their situation and indulge in self-destructive acts like suicide. The present research study attempted at understanding the likely role of personality correlates namely, academic self-concept, self-efficacy and locus of control in alleviating the different dimensions of stress encountered by students of standard X. It revealed a significant relationship between stress and the mentioned variables and could have important implications in helping students of standard X come to terms with their invaluable self-worth in effectively coping with the evil of the present century -stress.

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Private Tutoring and Academic Achievement: Self-Study as a Mediator

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.6689 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (5) ◽

pp. 823-830 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eun Hee Seo

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Private Tutoring ◽

Study Time ◽

School Students ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Study ◽

The Relationship ◽

Positive Effect

I examined the relationships among private tutoring in mathematics, self-study, and academic achievement, in particular, the potential mediating role of self-study in the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. The responses of 3,689 Korean middle school students were analyzed. Results showed that private tutoring time positively predicted self-study time and academic achievement. Number of hours of self-study also predicted academic achievement and mediated the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. These findings showed that private tutoring increased the time students spent on self-study rather than replacing it. In addition, the positive effect of private tutoring on academic achievement was mediated by increased self-study time. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

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Is the Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) a good predictor of academic achievement? Examining the mediating role of achievement-related classroom behaviours

Instructional Science ◽

10.1007/s11251-011-9171-8 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 159-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Jeanette Lyn Fung Choy ◽

Glen O’Grady ◽

Jerome I. Rotgans

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Good Predictor ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Study Process

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From Awe to Ecological Behavior: The Mediating Role of Connectedness to Nature

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10072477 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 2477 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Yan Yang ◽

Jing Hu ◽

Fengjie Jing ◽

Bang Nguyen

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Connectedness To Nature ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Nature Study ◽

Ecological Behavior ◽

The Relationship

Awe is a self-transcendent emotion that can diminish one’s focus on the self and serves as an important motivator of commitment to social collectives. However, the influence of awe on ecological behavior is not clear. This study examines the relationships between people’s feeling of awe, their connectedness to nature, and ecological behavior. Three experiments tested the effect of awe on ecological behaviors including mediation tests. Compared with participants in the control condition, participants in the awe condition were more inclined to behave ecologically (Study 1 and 2) and reported a higher feeling of connectedness to nature (Study 2). Moreover, the relationship between awe and ecological behavior was mediated by connectedness to nature (Study 3). These findings indicate that awe helps broaden the self-concept by including nature and increase connectedness to nature, which in turn lead to ecological behavior. They also highlight the significance of connectedness in explaining why awe increases ecological behavior.

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The mediating role of Brand Engagement in the Self-Concept (BESC) in explaining consumer response: a meta-analytic review

The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice ◽

10.1080/10696679.2021.2004379 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Valter Afonso Vieira ◽

Richie L. Liu ◽

Victor Galindo de Mello

Keyword(s):

Consumer Response ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Brand Engagement ◽

Analytic Review

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Self-Esteem and Motivation for Learning in Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Reasoning and Verbal Fluidity

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12145768 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (14) ◽

pp. 5768

Author(s):

Nieves Moyano ◽

Alberto Quílez-Robres ◽

Alejandra Cortés Pascual

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Verbal Fluency ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cognitive Factors ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Motivation For Learning ◽

And Mathematics ◽

The One

The goal of the present study was to analyze the joint role that non-cognitive (motivation and self-esteem) and cognitive (verbal fluency and reasoning) factors play on academic achievement, both as a global score and in relation to specific subjects, such as language and literature and mathematics. We also analyzed the mediating role of cognitive factors. We recruited a sample of 133 primary education students (aged 6–9 years old) (47.6% girls, 52.6% boys), to whom various measures of the above-indicated variables were administered. Several predictive models were tested through a mediational regression analysis. The results indicated the relevance of intrinsic motivation together with self-esteem as predictors of academic achievement mediated by the cognitive abilities verbal fluency and reasoning. These relationships differed depending on the specific subject. We discuss the educational implications of these findings and emphasize, on the one hand, that academic achievement depends on both cognitive and non-cognitive factors and, on the other hand, the malleability of cognitive factors, as they seem to improve based on motivation and self-esteem.

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