Academic self‐concept and academic achievement: Relations and causal ordering

HW Marsh, AJ Martin - British journal of educational psychology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. A positive self‐concept is valued as a desirable outcome in many disciplines of
psychology as well as an important mediator to other outcomes. Aims. The present review …

PROSPER: A new framework for positive education

T Noble, H McGrath - Psychology of Well-being, 2015 - Springer
Positive psychology is the study of the conditions and processes that contribute to optimal
flourishing in people, groups and organisations. This paper outlines the PROSPER …

Academic tenacity: Mindsets and skills that promote long-term learning.

CS Dweck, GM Walton, GL Cohen - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2014 - ERIC
In a nationwide survey of high school dropouts conducted in 2006, 69 percent said that
school had not motivated or inspired them to work hard. The majority of educational reforms …

Low and decreasing self-esteem during adolescence predict adult depression two decades later.

AE Steiger, M Allemand, RW Robins… - Journal of personality …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous studies revealed that low self-esteem is prospectively associated with depression.
However, self-esteem has been shown to change over time. We thus hypothesized that not …

[書籍][B] The moral landscape: How science can determine human values

S Harris - 2010 - books.google.com
New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a
worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most …

[書籍][B] The playful brain: Venturing to the limits of neuroscience

S Pellis, V Pellis - 2013 - books.google.com
A groundbreaking study into the formative role of play in our lives Sergio and Vivien Pellis
have synthesized three decades of empirical research to create a remarkable work …

Reciprocal effects of self-concept and performance from a multidimensional perspective: Beyond seductive pleasure and unidimensional perspectives

HW Marsh, RG Craven - Perspectives on psychological …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
We (Marsh & Craven, 1997) have claimed that academic self-concept and achievement are
mutually reinforcing, each leading to gains in the other. Baumeister, Campbell, Krueger, and …

[書籍][B] The anthropology of childhood: Cherubs, chattel, changelings

DF Lancy - 2014 - books.google.com
How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are
families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this …

Do people's self-views matter? Self-concept and self-esteem in everyday life.

WB Swann Jr, C Chang-Schneider… - American …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent scholars have dismissed the utility of self-esteem as well as programs designed to
improve it. The authors challenge these contentions on conceptual, methodological, and …

Reciprocal effects between academic self-concept, self-esteem, achievement, and attainment over seven adolescent years: Unidimensional and multidimensional …

HW Marsh, A O'Mara - Personality and social psychology …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
In their influential review, Baumeister, Campbell, Krueger, and Vohs (2003) concluded that
self-esteem—the global component of self-concept—has no effect on subsequent academic …