Journal Title
Title of Journal: Soc Psychol Educ
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Abbravation: Social Psychology of Education
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Oliver Dickhäuser MarcAndré Reinhard Chris Englert
Publish Date: 2011/05/05
Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 519-528
Abstract
The importance of performance expectancies for the prediction of regulation of behavior and actual performance has long been established Building on theories from the field of social cognition we suggest that the level of performance expectancies as well as the certainty of the expectancy have a joint influence on an individual’s beliefs and behavior In two studies one cross sectional using a sample of secondary school students and one longitudinal using a sample of university students we found that expectancies more strongly predicted persistence and subsequent performance the more certain the expectancy was This pattern was found even if prior performance was controlled as in Study 2 The data give an indication that it may be useful to include certainty as an additional variable in expectancy models
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