TY - JOUR
T1 - Agency, Control, and Means-Ends Beliefs About School Performance in Moscow Children
T2 - How Similar Are They to Beliefs of Western Children?
AU - Stetsenko, Anna
AU - Little, Todd D.
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
AU - Baltes, Paul B.
PY - 1995/3
Y1 - 1995/3
N2 - This study examined the development of school performance-related beliefs and their link with actual academic performance in Moscow children (Grades 2-6, N = 551) using the Control, Agency and Means-Ends Interview (CAMI). Results revealed much intercultural convergence with Western samples, coupled with context-specific variations. Similarities involved (a) the CAMI factor structure, (b) the correlational nexus between beliefs and performance, (c) the developmental trends, and (d) the configuration of means-ends beliefs. Differences involved beliefs about teachers and ability, and gender differences, favoring girls, in the agency and control beliefs. In general, Moscow children displayed a Westernlike view of the causes of school performance and of themselves as being agentic and capable of personal control over their performance outcomes.
AB - This study examined the development of school performance-related beliefs and their link with actual academic performance in Moscow children (Grades 2-6, N = 551) using the Control, Agency and Means-Ends Interview (CAMI). Results revealed much intercultural convergence with Western samples, coupled with context-specific variations. Similarities involved (a) the CAMI factor structure, (b) the correlational nexus between beliefs and performance, (c) the developmental trends, and (d) the configuration of means-ends beliefs. Differences involved beliefs about teachers and ability, and gender differences, favoring girls, in the agency and control beliefs. In general, Moscow children displayed a Westernlike view of the causes of school performance and of themselves as being agentic and capable of personal control over their performance outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.31.2.285
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.31.2.285
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21844523418
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 31
SP - 285
EP - 299
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 2
ER -