Bertrams, Alex; Dickhäuser, Oliver (2009). High-school students' need for cognition, self-control capacity, and school achievement: testing a mediation hypothesis. Learning and individual differences, 19(1), pp. 135-138. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.06.005
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In the present article, we examine the hypothesis that high-school students' motivation to engage in cognitive endeavors (i.e., their need for cognition; NFC) is positively related to their dispositional self-control capacity. Furthermore, we test the prediction that the relation between NFC and school achievement is mediated by self-control capacity. A questionnaire study with grade ten high-school students (N = 604) revealed the expected relations between NFC, self-control capacity, and school achievement. Sobel tests showed that self-control capacity mediated the relation between NFC and school grades as well as grade retention.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education > Educational Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bertrams, Alexander Gregor |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education |
ISSN: |
1041-6080 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Noemi Martina Casola |
Date Deposited: |
11 Mar 2015 16:14 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.lindif.2008.06.005 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.64310 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64310 |
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