The chicken or the egg? : exploring causal relations between motivational goals, self-concept and academic achievement

Martin Dowson; Katrina L. Barker; Dennis M. McInerney

The chicken or the egg? : exploring causal relations between motivational goals, self-concept and academic achievement

Martin Dowson, Katrina L. Barker, Dennis M. McInerney

School of Education

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Abstract

Educational psychologists have long been interested in relationships, particularly causal relationships, between psychological variables and academic achievement. As a result of this interest, explicit linkages between important psychological variables (such as attributions, expectancies, self-perceptions, and motivational orientations) and academic achievement have been identified through a variety of research designs in a wide range of educational contexts. Moreover, several important theories have arisen from investigations of these linkages and relationships. These include Attribution Theory (Weiner, 1986), Expectancy x Value Theory (Eccles, 1983), Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura, 1997), Self-Concept Theory (Marsh, 1993), and Goal Theory (Ames, 1992). As these theories have developed, aspects of each have been explored in-depth, including their explanatory 'power' with respect to academic achievement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Motivation, Self-Concept and Achievement: Occasional papers from the proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: April, 2004
Publisher	Centre for Human Interaction Learning and Development
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	American Educational Research Association. Meeting - Duration: 1 Jan 2017 → …

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Conference	American Educational Research Association. Meeting
Period	1/01/17 → …

Keywords

self-perception
achievement motivation
academic achievement
motivation in education
educational psychology

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Dowson, M., Barker, K. L., & McInerney, D. M. (2004). The chicken or the egg? : exploring causal relations between motivational goals, self-concept and academic achievement. In Motivation, Self-Concept and Achievement: Occasional papers from the proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: April, 2004 Centre for Human Interaction Learning and Development.

Dowson, Martin ; Barker, Katrina L. ; McInerney, Dennis M. / The chicken or the egg? : exploring causal relations between motivational goals, self-concept and academic achievement. Motivation, Self-Concept and Achievement: Occasional papers from the proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: April, 2004. Centre for Human Interaction Learning and Development, 2004.

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The chicken or the egg? : exploring causal relations between motivational goals, self-concept and academic achievement. / Dowson, Martin; Barker, Katrina L.; McInerney, Dennis M.
Motivation, Self-Concept and Achievement: Occasional papers from the proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: April, 2004. Centre for Human Interaction Learning and Development, 2004.

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