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Factors associated with fear of failure in schools
Specific Aims of the study The specific objectives of the study were to<br/>ascertain:<br/><br/>(1) whether significant differences exist within different schools between pupils classified according to form membership for certain personality variables,<br/>educational achievement, reasoning, …
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Factor Levels Associated with Fear of Failure Among Age-Group Competitive Swimmers
<p>Fear of failure is becoming a topic of concern among athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists. The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI), measuring five factors (fear of shame and embarrassment (FSE), fear of devaluing one's self estimate (FDSE), fear ofuncertain future (FUF), fear of …
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Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, and Fear of Failure as Predictors of Physical Activity
Though the benefits of physical activity are well-studied and accepted, researchers have struggled to identify models of health behavior that accurately predict exercise. This dissertation utilized two components of Bandura's Social-Cognitive Model (self-efficacy and outcome expectancies) and added …
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Perfectionism and fear of failure in relation to injury occurence and rehabilitation behaviors
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Fear of Failure, Experience, and Division as Predictors of State Anxiety in Usfa Epee Fencers
<p>Research looks for the sources of state anxiety for individual athletes prior to competition, which can be debilitating (Gould, 1993; Gould, Horn & Spreeman, 1983). Non-elite athletes who are high trait anxious (possibly fear of failure) have higher state anxiety than elite athletes (Conroy, …
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Exploring Relationships Between Motivational Climate, Parental Involvement, Fear of Failure, and Goal Orientations in Youth Club Soccer Athletes
… negatively influenced by these factors when they fear failure. The aim of the current study was to explore the relationships between environmental factors and goal orientations, while considering fear of failure. Select youth soccer athletes reported that mastery goal orientations were higher when …
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Individual Difference Moderators of Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Reactions to Hostile-Controlling Coaching Behaviors
… coaching behaviors. The purpose of the current research was to examine fear of failure, need for achievement, and self-esteem as individual difference moderators of interpersonal and intrapsychic reactions to hostile controlling coaching behaviors. After controlling for autonomy …
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POPULATION LEVEL CONDITIONS AS SIGNALS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES: A COGNITVE SYNTHESIS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS AND POPULATION RATES PERSPECTIVES
… signals to entrepreneurs regarding the viability of a new venture within a given population. Interestingly, whether or not population level factors actually influence the new venture creation process remains an open question. As such, the central purpose of this research is to utilize a cognitive …
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Symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: The impact of residential fire.
This study examined symptoms of anxiety and depression in 99 children and adolescents following a residential fire. Children and their parents completed self-administered questionnaires regarding the fire and their current functioning. The most commonly experienced symptoms were worry/ …
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Mindfulness and Anxiety Among First Year Dental Students
Students transitioning to the rigors of a four-year dental education program at a private midwestern university often self-identify as experiencing anxiety to a point at which their performance academically and personally is felt to be hindered. A survey designed to measure anxiety confirmed …
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One tongue singing
… and her small daughter during the closing years of apartheid. The family settles amongst a small wine-growing community in the Western Cape where they become involved in the lives of victims of the System. In the second frame, the daughter, now about nineteen years old, is a talented artist who …
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Cultural predictions of entrepreneurial orientation and the moderating role of entrepreneurial competencies on graduate entrepreneurial intentions: A cross-sectional survey of East Africa
… project examines a theoretical gap (impact of culture on entrepreneurial orientation EO) to try and mitigate a practical problem (unemployment) among graduates in three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Unemployment would be mitigated if only graduates embraced …
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Cesarean delivery on maternal request /
The caesarean section is one of the most frequently performed operations worldwide. Although it is generally considered a safe procedure with low morbidity and mortality rates, a caesarean section rate above 10% does not improve the mortality of mother and child, as stated by the World Health …
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Factors influencing students who continue or discontinue their music studies from year 8 to year 9: A survey of selected Western Australian secondary schools
… to the discontinuation or continuation of instrumental music studies. Analysis of data examined factors as to why students continued or discontinued learning music or studying an instrument. Findings indicated that students' self-concept and music ability levels strongly influence the …
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Developing Academic Self-Efficacy: Strategies to Support Gifted Elementary School Students
… self-efficacy refers to a student’s perception of their ability to engage and successfully complete academic tasks. Self-efficacy affects students’ behavioral choices, motivation, thought patterns and responses, perception of control, and academic productivity.</p> <p>Success is the greatest …
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Stress as a factor in the high school principalship
An important facet of a person's self-concept is his expectations of his performance. If his expectations are excessively high and there is a significant gap between his aspirations and his accomplishments, the resulting sense of failure has a negative effect on his self-concept. It is likely that …
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Towards a health promoting University: an exploratory study of the University of Cape Town
… field, this exploratory study applies the ideas of Health Promotion (HP) to the University of Cape Town (UCT). It defines UCT as a setting within which HP can and should take place. Following the World Health Organisation (WHO), health is seen as encompassing physical, mental, social, and other …
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Aikuisopiskelijoiden ajattelutavat : kasvun ja muuttumattomuuden ajattelutapojen yhteys toimijuuteen työttömyystilanteessa
The meaning of this research is to describe how growth mindset and fixed mindset are connected to unemployed adult learners' agency and how these mindsets occur in their narrations. The research problem and question layout in this research are based on Carol Dwecks theory of growth and fixed …
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Perceptions of stakeholders towards the academic and vocational learning pathways in selected secondary schools in Kafue District, Zambia
The aim of this research was to determine the perception among stakeholders towards the academic and vocational learning pathways in selected secondary schools in Kafue district. Both qualitative and quantitative research design were used to collect data. Self-structured questionnaires were used to …
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