Psychology, Department of
Department of Psychology: Presentations
Date of this Version
2016
Document Type
Presentation
Citation
Presentation poster
Abstract
Past literature has shown that expectancies of success influence how an individual behaves in certain situations (Donat & Sassenroth) and drives motivation and action. GESS is also related to achievement (Weiner, 1985). The current study looks at self-confidence, locus of control, frequency of self-reinforcement, family type raised in, family income, and gender and the relationship they share with expectancies of success. The proposed study used data from 391 undergraduates at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and nested models were compared against a full model of predictors of expectancies for success, including a personal and a determined model which were then compared to each other. The full model performed better than both reduced models and the personal model performed better than the determined model.
Comments
Copyright 2016, Christina M. Harris. Used by permission