Achievement goal theory originally defined performance-approach goals as striving to
demonstrate competence to outsiders by outperforming peers. The research, however, has …

Well-being is considered a prerequisite for a number of outcomes, including academic
achievement, and yet research reporting on the association between well-being and …

The role of soft skills at school is still debated, but they have emerged as important factors for
students' academic achievement and life satisfaction. This study focuses on the combined …

Guided by the self-system process model, the aim of this study was to unravel the
relationship between students' perceived teacher support and academic achievement as …

Is the subjective well-being (SWB) of high-achieving students generally higher compared to
low achieving students? In this meta-analysis, we investigated the association between …

The present study took a meta-analytic approach to investigate whether students'
engagement acts as a mediator in the association between affective teacher–student …

Teachers' innovative behaviour and professional development are important aspects of high-
quality education. It is often thought that motivation influences teachers' innovative …

Self-determination theory (SDT) is one of the most extensively applied frameworks to
understand relations involving autonomous and controlled motivations in educational …

A sample of 605 junior school students in China was examined by using a Basic
Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, an Academic Self-efficacy Scale, an academic …

In this study, we tested the hypothesis that self-efficacy and self-concept reflect different
underlying processes and both are critical to understanding long-term achievement …