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In the Mind of the Actor: The Structure of Adolescents' Achievement Task Values and Expectancy-Related Beliefs
dc.contributor.authorEccles, Jacquelynne S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWigfield, Allanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T14:15:01Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T14:15:01Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationEccles, Jacquelynne; Wigfield, Allan (1995). "In the Mind of the Actor: The Structure of Adolescents' Achievement Task Values and Expectancy-Related Beliefs." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21(3): 215-225. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69045>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0146-1672en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/69045
dc.description.abstractThe authors assessed the dimensionality of and relations between adolescents' achievement-related beliefs and self perceptions, focusing on subjective valuing of achievement. Beliefs derived from expectancy-value theory (adolescents' valuing of achievement activities, expectancies for success and ability perceptions, and perceptions of task difficulty) were assessed. Adolescents completed questionnaires once a year for 2 years. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that achievement-related beliefs separate into three task values factors (interest, perceived importance, and perceived utility), one expectancy/ability factor (comprising beliefs about one's competence, expectancies for success, and performance perceptions), and two task difficulty factors (perceptions of difficulty and perceptions of effort required to do well). Task values and ability perceptions factors were positively related to each other and negatively correlated to perceptions of task difficulty.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleIn the Mind of the Actor: The Structure of Adolescents' Achievement Task Values and Expectancy-Related Beliefsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0146167295213003en_US
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