Effects of Agricultural Students’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Test Anxiety on their Achievement Motivation and Academic Performance

• Authors: Mahtab Pouratashi , Chang Zhub , Hamid Movahed Mohammadi , Ahmad Rezvanfara , Seyyed Mahmoud Hosseinia

Abstracts

EN

In this study, the influences of agricultural students’ self-efficacy beliefs and test anxiety on their achievement motivation and academic performance were examined. A sample of 466 students from Iranian Colleges of agriculture participated in this study. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially using SPSS/win and AMOS graphic. The findings revealed that self-efficacy beliefs had more effect on motivation to approach success and academic performance than test anxiety. In contrast, test anxiety had more effect on motivation to avoid failure than self-efficacy beliefs. In addition, motivation to approach success had more effect on academic performance than motivation to avoid failure.

Keywords

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achievement motivation; academic performance; self-efficacy beliefs; test anxiety; agricultural students

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 85-98

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Mahtab Pouratashi

• Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Chang Zhub

• Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Hamid Movahed Mohammadi

• University of Tehran

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Ahmad Rezvanfara

• University of Tehran

author

Seyyed Mahmoud Hosseinia

• University of Tehran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.34.4.07

Biblioteka Nauki

16530336