Differences in the motivational beliefs of Asian American and non-Asian students
Differences in the motivational beliefs of Asian American and non-Asian students
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-0663.89.3.433
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发表时间：
1997-09-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Dembo, MH
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作者：
Eaton, MJ;Dembo, MH
本研究探讨了154名亚裔美国人和372名非亚裔九年级学生动机信念的差异。学生们完成了表明他们的学术信仰的调查，后来回答了一个新的任务，以评估他们的成就行为。两组人之间信念类型的差异部分解释了他们的成就行为。亚裔美国学生对学业失败后果的恐惧最能解释他们的表现。然而，这一变量最不能解释非亚裔学生的结果。亚裔美国学生的自我效能信念水平较低，但显着优于他们的非亚裔同行的任务。对学业失败的恐惧比自我效能信念更能解释亚裔美国人的成就动机。这项调查的一个主要含义是，动机信念在不同的文化种族群体中引起不同的反应。
This investigation explored differences in motivational beliefs of 154 Asian American and 372 non-Asian 9th graders. Students completed surveys indicating their academic beliefs and later responded to a novel task to assess their achievement behavior. The difference in type of beliefs between the two groups explained, in part, their achievement behavior. Asian American students' fear of the consequence of academic failure best explained their performance. However, this variable least explained the results for non-Asian students. Asian American students reported lower levels of self-efficacy beliefs, yet significantly outperformed their non-Asian counterparts on the task. The fear of academic failure better explained achievement motivation for Asian Americans than did self-efficacy beliefs. A major implication of this investigation is that motivational beliefs elicit different responses in different cultural-ethnic groups.