Publication: Optimistic and defensive-pessimist students: differences in their academic motivation and learning strategies
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2014-05-07
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In addition to cognitive and behavioral strategies, students can also use affective-motivational strategies to facilitate their learning process. In this way, the strategies of defensive-pessimism and generation of positive expectations have been widely related to conceptual models of pessimism-optimism. The aim of this study was to describe the use of these strategies in 1753 secondary school students, and to study the motivational and strategic characteristics which differentiated between the student typologies identified as a result of their use. The results indicated a higher use of the generation of positive expectations strategy (optimism) (M = 3.40, SD = .78) than the use of the defensive pessimism strategy (M = 3.00, SD = .78); a positive and significant correlation between the two strategies (r = .372, p = .001); their relationship with adequate academic motivation and with the use of learning strategies. Furthermore, four student typologies were identified based on the use of both strategies. Lastly, we propose a new approach for future work in this line of research.
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The registered version of this article, first published in The Spanish Journal of Psychology, is available online at the publisher's website: Cambridge University Press, https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.27
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en The Spanish Journal of Psychology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Cambridge University Press , https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.27
La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en The Spanish Journal of Psychology, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Cambridge University Press , https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.27
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optimism, defensive pessimism, motivational strategies, academic motivation, learning strategies
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Suárez Riveiro, J.M. (2014). Optimistic and defensive-pessimist students: differences in their academic motivation and learning strategies. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 17, e26, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.27
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Facultades y escuelas::Facultad de Educación
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Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación II (Orientación Educativa, Diagnóstico e Intervención Psicopedagógica)