Higher attainment value with higher academic self-efficacy predicts challenge appraisal, whereas higher attainment value with lower academic self-efficacy predicts threat appraisal¶
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q2 i3 A stronger challenge appraisal followed from higher attainment value (β = .53) and higher academic self-efficacy (β = .25). → The appraisal of fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences a subsequent decline or increase in attainment value and academic self-efficacy 2014
q2 i3 A stronger threat appraisal resulted from higher attainment value (β = .31) and lower academic self-efficacy (β = -.38). → The appraisal of fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences a subsequent decline or increase in attainment value and academic self-efficacy 2014
Evidence¶
The appraisal of fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences a subsequent decline or increase in attainment value and academic self-efficacy 2014¶
The appraisal of fear appeals as a challenge or a threat influences a subsequent decline or increase in attainment value and academic self-efficacy. (2014). https://eric.ed.gov/?q=appraisal+of+fear+appeals+challenge+threat+attainment+value+academic+self-efficacy
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Paths from the same three-wave SEM (H1 and H2), estimated in Mplus with robust maximum likelihood and cluster-adjusted standard errors. The attainment value path to challenge appraisal was β = .53, p < .001. The pattern supports EVT/CVT accounts in which attainment value establishes personal relevance and academic self-efficacy establishes response options.
"A stronger challenge appraisal followed from higher attainment value (β = .53, p < .001) and higher academic self-efficacy (β = .25, p < .001) whereas a stronger threat appraisal resulted from higher attainment value (β = .31, p < .001) and lower academic self-efficacy (β = -.38, p < .001)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Motivation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Self-Efficacy — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
Related Claims¶
- Gender and year group are associated with fear appeal appraisals and baseline academic self-efficacy — related
- Latent correlations show threat appraisal flips from positive to negative with attainment value between T1 and T3 — related
- Prior academic self-efficacy and attainment value do not cross-predict each other over the school year — related
- Feedback valence affects post-task self-efficacy, challenge, and threat: negative feedback lowers self-efficacy and challenge and raises threat (Experiments 1 and 2) — related
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Higher attainment value with higher academic self-efficacy predicts challenge appraisal, whereas higher attainment value with lower academic self-efficacy predicts threat appraisal |
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Higher attainment value with higher academic self-efficacy predicts challenge appraisal, whereas higher attainment value with lower academic self-efficacy predicts threat appraisal |
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2014 |
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