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Academic self-efficacy beliefs and quality of experience in learning
No full textThis study investigated learning activities and associated quality of experience of students with different levels of perceived academic self-efficacy. Two groups were formed out of 130 Italian adolescents (age 1519), one with high and one with low academic self-efficacy beliefs (31 and 32 participants, respectively). Students provided valuation of academic pursuits and aspirations, and were monitored for one week with experience sampling method (ESM). Attention was paid to the association of learning activities with optimal experience, characterized by high perceived environmental challenges matched by high personal skills, involvement, concentration and intrinsic reward. High self-efficacy students reported higher academic aspirations and pursuits than low self-efficacy students. They also spent more time in homework, and primarily associated learning activities with optimal experience. Results have educational implications in fostering motivation and enjoyment in learning. They also provide empirical support for the combination of self-efficacy beliefs and quality of experience in motivational research
Parents' self-efficacy beliefs and their children's psychosocial adaptation during adolescence
No full textResearch has shown that parents' perceived parental self-efficacy (PSE) plays a pivotal role in promoting their children's successful adjustment. In this study, we further explored this issue by comparing psychosocial adaptation in children of parents with high and low PSE during adolescence. One hundred and thirty Italian teenagers (55 males and 75 females) and one of their parents (101 mothers and 29 fathers) participated in the research. Data were collected at T1 (adolescents' mean age = 13.6) and T2 (mean age = 17.5). Parents reported their PSE at T1. At T1 and T2, adolescents reported their perceived academic self-efficacy, aggressive and violent conducts, well-being, and perceived quality of their relationships with parents. At T2, they were also administered questions by using Experience Sampling Method to assess their quality of experience in daily life. As hypothesized, adolescents with high PSE parents reported higher competence, freedom and well-being in learning activities as well as in family and peer interactions. They also reported fewer problematic aspects and more daily opportunities for optimal experience. Findings pointed to the stability of adolescents' psychosocial adaptation and highlighted possible directions in future research
Adolescents’ self-efficacy beliefs and quality of experience in interpersonal relationships with friends and parents
No full textValori e benessere psicologico.
No full textI valori appaiono come elementi costitutivi dell'identità personale e dell'identità sociale, nei quali si riverberano le influenze reciproche tra individui, società e culture. Oggetto costante della riflessione etica e filosofica, essi costituiscono, in epoca moderna, un punto di incontro tra scienziati sociali di diversa provenienza disciplinare - sociologi, politologi, economismi e psicologi - che si confrontano anche sulle diverse teorizzazioni e classificazioni. Nata in ambito propriamente psicologico-sociale, la teoria dei valori di Schwartz - presentata nel primo capitolo di questo volume - gode di un ampio riconoscimento sul piano della ricerca scientifica internazionale. I valori secondo questo contributo, sarebbero rilevanti nel predire il benessere individuale, il quale risulterebbe associato soprattutto al perseguimento di valori relativi alla crescita personale più che ai valori relativi al soddisfacimento dei bisogni confermando i risultati presenti in numerose ricerche del settore. Valori afferenti alle dimensioni apertura al cambiamento e auto-trascendenza vengono associati al benessere più di quanto lo siano il potere, il conformismo e la sicurezza. I risultati concordano inoltre con numerose altre indagini dedicate agli effetti positivi esercitati dalla regolazione autonoma sul benessere individuale: regolare il comportamento sulla base di motivazioni intrinseche, piuttosto che su motivazioni controllate dall’esterno, determina livelli più soddisfacenti di benessere. D’ altra parte occorre anche sottolineare che l’indagine ha confermato quanto già dimostrato da numerosi altri studi, a proposito della prevalente influenza sul benessere individuale dei tratti personali rispetto ai valori; ciò farebbe pensare al fatto che i valori abbiano un rapporto meno diretto con il benessere e che tale rapporto si realizzi attraverso l’interazione con altre variabili psicologiche e sociali
Academic self-efficacy beliefs and optimal experience : Merging perspectives in learning research
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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